New Jersey · Census place 3413720

Clinton, New Jersey

Clinton is a town in Hunterdon County, New Jersey with an estimated 2,793 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 240th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,793
#240 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+28 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
2,069 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Clinton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Clinton population, 2020 to 2024

Clinton added 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

2,76520202,78920212,78320222,79120232,7932024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,774. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clinton covers 1.35 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 2,069 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Clinton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clinton is in

All of Clinton's residents live in Hunterdon County, which had 131,708 residents in 2024. Clinton holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clinton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clinton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 08809. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Clinton is

The Census internal point of Clinton is at 40.636800, -74.915200. Trenton, the capital, is 29.9 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is High Bridge, NJ (3,607 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 29.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.636800, -74.915200
DMS
40°38'12.48"N 74°54'54.72"W
UTM
18N 507170.8E 4498443.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Clinton

At 40.64° N, Clinton gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clinton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is High Bridge, 2.6 miles away, with 3,607 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clinton, NJ?

2,793 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 28 (1.0%) from 2,765 in July 2020.

What county is Clinton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Clinton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08809.

How far is Clinton from Trenton?

29.9 miles (48.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Clinton.

What is the nearest larger city to Clinton?

High Bridge, NJ, with 3,607 residents, 2.7 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.