Clifton vs Preakness

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

Clifton and Preakness 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 18,538 in Preakness). Preakness has the higher median household income ($133,168 vs $99,003 in Clifton). Preakness has the higher median home value ($603,200 vs $444,300 in Clifton).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Preakness
Population	89,247	18,538
Median age	41.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$99,003	$133,168
Median home value	$444,300	$603,200
Median gross rent	$1,658	$1,946
Housing units	34,064	6,906
Homeownership rate	58.7%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Preakness
Population	85,204 → 89,247 (+4.7%)	18,300 → 18,538 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$76,646 → $99,003 (+29.2%)	$120,380 → $133,168 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$345,400 → $444,300 (+28.6%)	$489,900 → $603,200 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,409 → $1,658 (+17.7%)	$1,637 → $1,946 (+18.9%)

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

Preakness

Population

18,30018,538

Median household income

$120,380$133,168

Median home value

$489,900$603,200

Median gross rent

$1,637$1,946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Preakness
Under 5	5.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.3%
75 and over	7.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Preakness
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	71.3%
Black or African American	3.7%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	39.4%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Preakness
No high school diploma	10.7%	3.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Preakness
Drove alone	68.6%	72.1%
Carpooled	7.6%	7.7%
Public transit	9.6%	6.8%
Walked	1.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	12.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Preakness
1-unit, detached	45.3%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	30.1%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	12.8%
20 or more units	8.0%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Preakness
Poverty rate	7.4%	3.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1952	1967