City in Passaic County, New Jersey, US

Clifton

$594kMedian Home
285Sunny Days/yr
63°FAvg High Temp
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Four real seasons, with rain spread fairly evenly through the year. Spring and fall feel like real transition seasons. Noticeable daylight swing. Snow is a real part of winter.

About Clifton

Clifton is a city in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Criss-crossed by several major highways, the city is a regional commercial hub for North Jersey, and bedroom suburb of New York City, in the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city retained its position as the state's 11th-most-populous municipality, just behind tenth-ranked Trenton, and well ahead of Cherry Hill in twelfth place, with a population of 90,296, reflecting an overall increase of 6,160 (+7.3%) from the 2010 census count of 84,136, which in turn reflected an overall increase of 5,464 (+6.9%) from the 78,672 counted in the 2000 census. The Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 88,461 for 2023, making Clifton the 394th-most populous municipality in the nation.Wikipedia

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Location Context
Clifton, New Jersey
Latitude40.86°
Longitude-74.16°
Population86k
Center elevation187 ft

State Context

New JerseyU.S. state

New Jersey is a state located in both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the heavily urbanized Northeast megalopolis, it is bordered to the northwest, north, and northeast by New York State; on its east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on its west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on its southwest by Delaware Bay and Delaware. At 7,354 square miles (19,050 km2), New Jersey is the fifth-smallest U.S. state by land area.Wikipedia

Income tax: 1.40% - 10.75%Avg sales tax: 6.60%Property tax: 2.23%Official school data available

About the Region

Mid-Atlantic

The Mid-Atlantic corridor — New York City south through Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. — is the densest and most economically complex region in the country. Finance and media anchor New York; government, defense, and federal contracting anchor D.C.; healthcare and universities anchor Philadelphia and Baltimore. This makes the region one of the most recession-resistant labor markets in the U.S., though the same fundamentals push housing costs persistently high.

Philadelphia and Baltimore offer substantially lower costs than either New York or D.C. while sitting on the same high-speed rail line, making them increasingly attractive to remote workers and hybrid commuters. The New Jersey and Delaware suburbs fill in between, providing family-oriented communities within commuting range of multiple cities. The region's density means genuine walkability in most urban cores, strong transit infrastructure, and cultural institutions that rival anywhere on earth.

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People

City Profile

Median Age40 yrs
College Educated34%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home8%of workforce
Poverty Rate7%
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Cost of Living

Housing
$2k/mo
Median rent
$594k
Median home price
Rent burden29% of income
Household Income
$94k
Median annual
Daily life

Livability

Getting AroundMixed mobility
Central-location walkability plus available transit and density context

Mixed day-to-day convenience.

Walkability
35
Transit Score
40
School Rating
4.2/10
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The year

Climate

Sunshine
285
sunny days per year
78% of the year
Avg High Temp
63°F
annual average
Comfort Score
50/100
Mixed
Temp Swing
46°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Annual precipitation
53"
inches per year
Annual snowfall
18"
inches per year
Typical Air Quality
52
Moderate · 2024 modeled average
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