Clinton Hill is a neighborhood within the south-central portion of the city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey. it takes its name to the no-longer extant Clinton Township, of which the neighborhood was once part. Its main thoroughfare is Clinton Avenue, It is roughly bounded by Irvington to the west, Interstate 78/Weequahic to the south and Avon Avenue/Springfield/Belmont to the north. At Elizabeth Avenue it overlaps South Broad Valley.

Newark is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, the seat of Essex County, and a principal city of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 311,549. The Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 305,344 for 2022, making it the 66th-most populous municipality in the nation.