Clearbrook vs Helmetta

A side-by-side comparison of Clearbrook and Helmetta: population, income, housing, and more.

Clearbrook and Helmetta are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clearbrook has the higher population (2,477 vs 2,317 in Helmetta). Helmetta has the higher median household income ($104,143 vs $34,958 in Clearbrook). Helmetta has the higher median home value ($321,400 vs $245,300 in Clearbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Clearbrook	Helmetta
Population	2,477	2,317
Median age	72.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,958	$104,143
Median home value	$245,300	$321,400
Median gross rent	$1,944	$2,081
Housing units	1,942	1,008
Homeownership rate	89.4%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	20.4%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearbrook	Helmetta
Population	2,648 → 2,477 (-6.5%)	2,475 → 2,317 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $34,958 (-26.4%)	$93,056 → $104,143 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $245,300 (+36.3%)	$253,300 → $321,400 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,051 → $1,944 (-5.2%)	$1,770 → $2,081 (+17.6%)

Clearbrook

Population

2,6482,477

Median household income

$47,500$34,958

Median home value

$180,000$245,300

Median gross rent

$2,051$1,944

Helmetta

Population

2,4752,317

Median household income

$93,056$104,143

Median home value

$253,300$321,400

Median gross rent

$1,770$2,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearbrook	Helmetta
Under 5	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	9.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	0.1%	18.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	3.4%	17.3%
55 to 64	23.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	31.4%	9.5%
75 and over	41.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearbrook	Helmetta
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	69.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	10.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearbrook	Helmetta
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.6%
High school graduate	47.9%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearbrook	Helmetta
Drove alone	82.4%	82.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.6%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearbrook	Helmetta
1-unit, detached	24.0%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	73.4%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	26.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	18.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Clearbrook	Helmetta
Poverty rate	17.8%	2.9%
Average household size	1.40	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1977	1984