Clifton vs Passaic

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

Clifton and Passaic 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 69,651 in Passaic). Clifton has the higher median household income ($99,003 vs $56,780 in Passaic). Clifton has the higher median home value ($444,300 vs $406,500 in Passaic).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Passaic
Population	89,247	69,651
Median age	41.1 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$99,003	$56,780
Median home value	$444,300	$406,500
Median gross rent	$1,658	$1,392
Housing units	34,064	21,019
Homeownership rate	58.7%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Passaic
Population	85,204 → 89,247 (+4.7%)	70,019 → 69,651 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$76,646 → $99,003 (+29.2%)	$40,865 → $56,780 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$345,400 → $444,300 (+28.6%)	$332,700 → $406,500 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,409 → $1,658 (+17.7%)	$1,183 → $1,392 (+17.7%)

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

Passaic

Population

70,01969,651

Median household income

$40,865$56,780

Median home value

$332,700$406,500

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Passaic
Under 5	5.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	23.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	5.6%
75 and over	7.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Passaic
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	14.6%
Black or African American	3.7%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.7%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	39.4%	73.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Passaic
No high school diploma	10.7%	33.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	13.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Passaic
Drove alone	68.6%	48.9%
Carpooled	7.6%	16.5%
Public transit	9.6%	13.0%
Walked	1.9%	11.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.4%	8.2%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Passaic
1-unit, detached	45.3%	15.0%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	30.1%	36.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	27.6%
20 or more units	8.0%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Passaic
Poverty rate	7.4%	23.0%
Average household size	2.69	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1952	1938