Housing density: 1,314 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $468,662.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,815 (lower quartile is $1,634, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,644
Median gross rent in Clark, NJ in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Clark with a mortgage: 2,645 (291 second mortgage, 500 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,805
In family households: 464,085 (87,269 male householders, 47,405 female householders)
94,325 spouses, 171,221 children (162,243 natural, 3,299 adopted, 5,679 stepchildren), 11,365 grandchildren, 8,963 brothers or sisters, 8,956 parents, foster children, 13,013 other relatives, 16,322 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 65,610 (23,484 male householders (18,363 living alone)), 29,960 female householders (26,038 living alone)), 12,166 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 6,804 (4,209 institutionalized population)
88,023 married couples with children.
26,686 single-parent households (5,364 men, 21,322 women).
84.0% of residents of Clark speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
10.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (14% speak English very well, 55% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 2,341 (14.7%)
(82.2% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Clark, New Jersey
1051995 to March 2000
1481990 to 1994
1461985 to 1989
1611980 to 1984
1221975 to 1979
1681970 to 1974
2521965 to 1969
519Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Italian: 4,599 (25.2%)
Irish: 2,737 (15.0%)
Polish: 2,588 (14.2%)
German: 2,360 (12.9%)
Other: 1,471 (8.1%)
English: 676 (3.7%)
Portuguese: 500 (2.7%)
Russian: 401 (2.2%)
Ukrainian: 376 (2.1%)
Slovak: 356 (2.0%)
United States: 350 (1.9%)
Hungarian: 291 (1.6%)
Scottish: 190 (1.0%)
Dutch: 187 (1.0%)
Arab: 154 (0.8%)
Lithuanian: 150 (0.8%)
Norwegian: 146 (0.8%)
French Canadian: 121 (0.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 120 (0.7%)
Czech: 113 (0.6%)
French: 108 (0.6%)
Swedish: 69 (0.4%)
Greek: 64 (0.4%)
Danish: 44 (0.2%)
Swiss: 41 (0.2%)
Welsh: 21 (0.1%)
West Indian: 11 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.02%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Italy
Clark:
14.6% (236)
New Jersey:
4.0% (58,395)
Portugal
Clark:
14.4% (234)
New Jersey:
2.5% (37,183)
Poland
Clark:
10.5% (171)
New Jersey:
3.8% (55,466)
Germany
Clark:
6.3% (102)
New Jersey:
2.3% (33,531)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Clark:
6.0% (97)
New Jersey:
2.7% (40,092)
Philippines
Clark:
4.8% (77)
New Jersey:
4.7% (69,773)
Cuba
Clark:
3.3% (54)
New Jersey:
3.7% (55,241)
Colombia
Clark:
3.2% (52)
New Jersey:
4.7% (69,754)
India
Clark:
2.8% (45)
New Jersey:
8.1% (119,497)
Other South America
Clark:
2.7% (43)
New Jersey:
0.5% (7,095)
Egypt
Clark:
2.5% (41)
New Jersey:
1.4% (20,079)
Russia
Clark:
2.5% (41)
New Jersey:
1.4% (20,243)
Korea
Clark:
2.3% (38)
New Jersey:
3.5% (51,970)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Clark:
2.2% (35)
New Jersey:
0.4% (5,744)
El Salvador
Clark:
2.2% (35)
New Jersey:
1.9% (28,595)
Brazil
Clark:
1.8% (29)
New Jersey:
1.5% (22,097)
United Kingdom
Clark:
1.7% (27)
New Jersey:
2.1% (30,355)
Canada
Clark:
1.7% (27)
New Jersey:
1.1% (16,333)
Ukraine
Clark:
1.6% (26)
New Jersey:
1.0% (14,768)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 11,033
Other state: 1,829
Northeast: 1,384
Midwest: 164
South: 207
West: 74
75% of Clark residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in New Jersey.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 18
Nursery to 4th grade: 20
5th and 6th grade: 26
7th and 8th grade: 149
9th grade: 39
10th grade: 151
11th grade: 32
12th grade, no diploma: 85
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,718
Less than 1 year of college: 324
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 711
Associate degree: 216
Bachelor's degree: 1,099
Master's degree: 365
Professional school degree: 79
Doctorate degree: 15
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 36
Nursery to 4th grade: 20
5th and 6th grade: 89
7th and 8th grade: 212
9th grade: 33
10th grade: 169
11th grade: 93
12th grade, no diploma: 117
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,327
Less than 1 year of college: 345
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 479
Associate degree: 376
Bachelor's degree: 1,020
Master's degree: 363
Professional school degree: 76
Doctorate degree: 37
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 4,587
One, attached: 99
Two: 167
3 or 4: 80
5 to 9: 93
10 to 19: 255
20 to 49: 151
50 or more: 266
Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,588
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.1%
