Cliffside, NC

Census Place

2024 Population

438

US Senator

Thom Tillis

Republican Party

US Senator

Ted Budd

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

50.9

0.593% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

7.08%

43.8% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$51,438

2017 Median Property Value

$91,400

25.4% 1-year decline

Economy

The economy of Cliffside, NC employs 199 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Cliffside, NC were Construction (52 people), Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (45 people), and Educational Services (27 people), and the highest paying industries were Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($101,278), Educational Services ($78,015), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($48,750).

Employment

Occupations

199

2024 Value

± 118

8.15%

1 Year growth

± 95.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Cliffside, NC grew at a rate of 8.15%, from 184 employees to 199 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Cliffside, NC, are Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (45 people), Construction & Extraction Occupations (37 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (22 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Cliffside, NC.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in North Carolina (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

199

2024 Value

± 118

8.15%

1 Year growth

± 95.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Cliffside, NC grew at a rate of 8.15%, from 184 employees to 199 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Cliffside, NC, are Construction (52 people), Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (45 people), and Educational Services (27 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Cliffside, NC, though some of these residents may live in Cliffside, NC and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Cliffside, NC was $91,400 in 2017, which is 0.275 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2016 and 2017 the median property value increased from $122,500 to $91,400, a 25.4% decrease. The homeownership rate in Cliffside, NC is 74.3%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Cliffside, NC have an average commute time of 11.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Cliffside, NC is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$91,400

Median Property Value 2017

±$66,939

$179

Median Property Taxes

±$95

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Cliffside, NC the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Cliffside, NC compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

74.3%

Homeownership

2024

60.9%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 74.3% of the housing units in Cliffside, NC were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 91%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Cliffside, NC compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$51,438

Median Household Income

± $13,549

241

Number of Households

± 111

The following chart displays the households in Cliffside, NC distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $15k - $20k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Cliffside, NC is from North Carolina.

0.466

2024 Wage GINI in North Carolina

0.467

2023 Wage GINI in North Carolina

In 2024, the income inequality in North Carolina was 0.466 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.16% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for North Carolina was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in North Carolina in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in North Carolina across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (74.4%)
Worked At Home (25.6%)

In 2024, 74.4% of workers in Cliffside, NC drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (25.6%) and those who carpooled to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

11.3 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Cliffside, NC have a shorter commute time (11.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Cliffside, NC have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Cliffside, NC compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Cliffside, NC distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Cliffside, NC have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

7.08% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Cliffside, NC (31 out of 438 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 65 - 74, followed by Males 65 - 74 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Cliffside, NC is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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