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About Clifton
City in Passaic County, New Jersey, USClifton 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 calculate…
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Housing in Clifton
The typical Clifton home is worth about $613,000, up 3.9% in a year, 6% above the New Jersey typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Clifton
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Schools in Clifton
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The public schools Clifton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 73% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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