Clementon

Also known as Clementon, New Jersey, Clementon, NJ

borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: New Jersey
County: Camden
Incorporated: March 17, 1925
Named after: Samuel Clement
Type: Borough (New Jersey)
Body: Borough Council
Mayor: Thomas J. Weaver ( D , term ends December 31, 2027)
Administrator municipal clerk: Jenai Johnson
Total: 1.95 sq mi (5.05 km )
Land: 1.89 sq mi (4.90 km )
Water: 0.058 sq mi (0.15 km ) 2.97%
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Clementon is a borough in Camden County, in the southern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 5,338, its highest decennial census count ever and an increase of 338 (+6.8%) from the 2010 census count of 5,000, which in turn had reflected an increase of 14 (+0.3%) from the 4,986 counted at the 2000 census.

The borough had the 27th-highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 4.179% in 2020, compared to 3.470% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.