New Jersey · Census place 3413420

Clementon, New Jersey

Clementon is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey with an estimated 5,600 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 186th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,600
#186 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+5.2%
+278 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
2,963 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Clementon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Clementon population, 2020 to 2024

Clementon added 278 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +124. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 18th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Clementon is 50% of it.

5,32220205,32120215,33720225,47620235,6002024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,330. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clementon covers 1.89 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 2,963 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Clementon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clementon is in

All of Clementon's residents live in Camden County, which had 533,988 residents in 2024. Clementon holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clementon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clementon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08021. 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 Clementon is

The Census internal point of Clementon is at 39.802700, -74.983800. Trenton, the capital, is 31.3 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lindenwold, NJ (21,919 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 16.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.802700, -74.983800
DMS
39°48'9.72"N 74°59'1.68"W
UTM
18N 501386.8E 4405859.3N
Geohash
dr4dmty7w
Plus code
87F7R238+3F

Daylight in Clementon

At 39.80° N, Clementon gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clementon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Lindenwold, 1.2 miles away, with 21,919 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clementon, NJ?

5,600 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 278 (5.2%) from 5,322 in July 2020.

What county is Clementon in?

Camden County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Clementon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08021.

How far is Clementon from Trenton?

31.3 miles (50.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Clementon.

What is the nearest larger city to Clementon?

Lindenwold, NJ, with 21,919 residents, 1.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.