[20] Despite its relatively small population, Clinton is the predominant control city for Interstate 78 traveling westbound from Newark.

[22] The town is perhaps best known for its two mills which sit on opposite banks of the South Branch Raritan River.

[23] Across the river sits the Stone Mill, home of the Hunterdon Art Museum, located in a former gristmill that had been reconstructed in 1836 and operated continuously until 1952.

In 1952, a group of local residents conceived of a plan to convert the historic building into an art museum, which is still in operation today.

[25] Described by The New York Times in 1988 as having "conquered the worst residential radon hotspot known in the United States" which resulted from uranium in the limestone under sections of the town, Clinton and mayor-at-the-time Robert A. Nulman received state, national, and international attention for the town's successful efforts to combat the radon using ventilation systems in affected homes.

[32][33][34] Clinton is considered an exurb of New York City, as Hunterdon County lies on the western fringe of the New York City Metropolitan Area, which is mainly rural with scattered housing developments and old farm homes.

Clinton is part of the Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area of Middlesex, Somerset and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey.

According to the Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist at Rutgers University, the Northern climate zone covers about one-quarter of New Jersey and consists mainly of elevated highlands and valleys which are part of the Appalachian Uplands.

Surrounded by land, this region can be characterized as having a continental climate with minimal influence from the Atlantic Ocean, except when the winds contain an easterly component.

[39] The 2010 United States census counted 2,719 people, 1,057 households, and 727 families in the town.

[47][48] The Red Mill Museum Village is located on the South Branch of the Raritan River in the town center of Clinton.

Over the next 100 years, the Mill was used at different times to process grains, plaster, talc and graphite.

The Mill was also used to produce peach baskets, as well as to generate electricity and pump water for the town.

The Haunted Village tends to attract visitors from all over the east coast to the small town.

[50] The Hunterdon Art Museum presents changing exhibitions of contemporary art, craft and design in the 19th century Dunham's Mill, the Stone Mill, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Founded in 1952, the Museum showcases works by internationally recognized and emerging contemporary artists.

It also offers a dynamic schedule of over 300 art classes and workshops for children and adults, as well as a summer camp program.

[56] Members of the Clinton Town Council are Nick Bruno (R, 2024), John Kashwick (D, 2026), Mary "Molly" Padmos (D, 2025), Kyle Perloff (R, 2024), Kim Stentz (D, 2026) and Ross Traphagen (R, 2025).

[66] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 7th congressional district is represented by Thomas Kean Jr. (R, Westfield).

[68] For the 2024-2025 session, the 16th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Andrew Zwicker (D, South Brunswick) and in the General Assembly by Mitchelle Drulis (D, East Amwell Township) and Roy Freiman (D, Hillsborough Township).

[99] Clinton residents began to select which high school they wished to attend in 2014.

Access to Interstate 78 provides Clinton with a route to and from New York City and the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania.

Trans-Bridge Lines offers buses on a route that provides service from Allentown and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan and New York City-area airports at a stop at the park-and-ride on Route 31 in Clinton.

[109] Limited NJ Transit Rail is also accessible at the Annandale station on the Raritan Valley Line.

[110][111] The LINK, which serves Hunterdon County is the primary traditional publicly funded mode of transportation.