Clayton, New Jersey

Clayton population, 2020 to 2024

Clayton added 210 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +60. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 63rd; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Clayton is 80% of it.

Clayton covers 7.08 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 1,273 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Clayton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clayton is in

All of Clayton's residents live in Gloucester County, which had 311,783 residents in 2024. Clayton holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clayton

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Clayton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08094, 08312. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Clayton is

The Census internal point of Clayton is at 39.664100, -75.074400. Trenton, the capital, is 42.0 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Glassboro, NJ (24,322 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 24.0 miles away.

Daylight in Clayton

At 39.66° N, Clayton gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clayton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Glassboro, 3.2 miles away, with 24,322 people.