Clifton vs Hawthorne

A side-by-side comparison of Clifton and Hawthorne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clifton has the higher population (89,247 vs 19,472 in Hawthorne). Hawthorne has the higher median household income ($118,093 vs $99,003 in Clifton). Hawthorne has the higher median home value ($499,200 vs $444,300 in Clifton).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Hawthorne
Population	89,247	19,472
Median age	41.1 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$99,003	$118,093
Median home value	$444,300	$499,200
Median gross rent	$1,658	$1,828
Housing units	34,064	8,033
Homeownership rate	58.7%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Hawthorne
Population	85,204 → 89,247 (+4.7%)	18,784 → 19,472 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$76,646 → $99,003 (+29.2%)	$97,692 → $118,093 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$345,400 → $444,300 (+28.6%)	$381,000 → $499,200 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,409 → $1,658 (+17.7%)	$1,485 → $1,828 (+23.1%)

Clifton

Population

85,20489,247

Median household income

$76,646$99,003

Median home value

$345,400$444,300

Median gross rent

$1,409$1,658

Hawthorne

Population

18,78419,472

Median household income

$97,692$118,093

Median home value

$381,000$499,200

Median gross rent

$1,485$1,828

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Hawthorne
Under 5	5.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	17.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.8%
75 and over	7.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Hawthorne
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	69.1%
Black or African American	3.7%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	39.4%	23.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Hawthorne
No high school diploma	10.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	31.4%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Hawthorne
Drove alone	68.6%	81.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	5.0%
Public transit	9.6%	2.4%
Walked	1.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	9.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Hawthorne
1-unit, detached	45.3%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	30.1%	30.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	4.5%
20 or more units	8.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Hawthorne
Poverty rate	7.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1952	1953