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Population (year 2000): 14,597
Males: 6,934 (47.5%), Females: 7,663 (52.5%)
Union County
Median resident age: 42.7 years
Median household income: $65,019 (year 2000)
Median house value: $217,500 (year 2000)
Races in Clark:
- White Non-Hispanic (92.7%)
- Hispanic (3.7%)
- Filipino (0.8%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
- Chinese (0.6%)
- Other race (0.6%)
- Asian Indian (0.6%)
- Korean (0.5%)
Ancestries: Italian (31.5%), Irish (18.8%),
Polish (17.7%), German (16.2%), English (4.6%), Portuguese
(3.4%).
Elevation: 80 feet
Land area: 4.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Clark
- High school or higher: 88.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 28.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.6%
- Unemployed: 2.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Clark CDP
- Never married: 21.1%
- Now married: 63.8%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 9.1%
- Divorced: 5.2%
11.1% Foreign born (6.6% Europe, 2.2% Asia, 1.8%
Latin America).
Hospitals/medical centers near Clark:
- RAHWAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; RAHWAY, NJ)
- TRINITAS HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; ELIZABETH, NJ)
- MUHLENBERG REGIONAL MED CTR (about 4 miles;
PLAINFIELD, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Clark:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 11 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 23 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
- TETERBORO (about 24 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Clark:
- LINDEN (about 6 miles; LINDEN, NJ; ID: LDJ)
- MORRISTOWN MUNI (about 13 miles; MORRISTOWN, NJ; ID:
MMU)
- NEWARK NR 1 (about 14 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID: 3N4)
Amtrak stations near Clark:
- 4 miles: METROPARK (ISELIN, 100 MIDDLESEX-ESSEX
TPK.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car
rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
- 10 miles: NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NEWARK, ).
Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones.
- 13 miles: NEWARK (RAYMOND PLAZA WEST). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack
bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term
parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand,
intercity bus service, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Clark:
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 3 miles; CRANFORD, NJ;
Full-time enrollment: 5,856)
- KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 6 miles; UNION, NJ; FT
enrollment: 8,627)
- SETON HALL UNIVERSITY (about 10 miles; SOUTH ORANGE,
NJ; FT enrollment: 7,509)
- CUNY COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND (about 12 miles;
STATEN ISLAND, NY; FT enrollment: 8,135)
- DREW UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; MADISON, NJ; FT
enrollment: 2,133)
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK (about 13 miles; NEWARK,
NJ; FT enrollment: 6,878)
- NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 13 miles;
NEWARK, NJ; FT enrollment: 6,565)
Public high school in Clark:
- ARTHUR L. JOHNSON H S (Students: 989;
Location: 365 WESTFIELD AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Clark:
- CARL H. KUMPF (Students: 574; Location: 59
MILDRED TERRACE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- FRANK K. HEHNLY (Students: 537; Location: 590
RARITAN ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
- VALLEY ROAD (Students: 437; Location: 150
VALLEY ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Clark:
- ST JOHN THE APOSTLE SCHOOL (Students: 434;
Location: VALLEY ROAD; Grades: PK - 8)
- FEATHERBED LANE SCHOOL (Students: 231;
Location: 801 FEATHERBED LANE; Grades: PK - 6)
- ST AGNES SCHOOL (Students: 160; Location: 342
MADISON HILL ROAD; Grades: KG - 8)
Library in Clark:
- CLARK PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$717,313; Location: 303 WESTFIELD AVENUE; 60,851 books;
11,185 audio materials; 2,642 video materials; 215
serial subscriptions)
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