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Cliffside, NC

438 Population
2.3 square miles 188.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.9 ±9.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 45.3 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,130 ±$8,936 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: $30,460 ±$1,251
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,438 ±$13,549 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: $51,410 ±$2,731
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.1% ±10.2% (31  ±46) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 16.8% † 10,665 (±1.9% / ±1,176)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.3 minutes ±8.5 (1,675  ±778) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 26.1 636,380 (±1.1 / ±37,836)
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

241 ±95 Number of households
  • the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 26,642 ±396
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±1 (438  ±160) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 2.4 63,688 (±0 / ±21)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

269 ±100 Number of housing units
  • the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 32,775 ±47
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$-666,666,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: $201,800 ±$9,065
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.5% ±8.1% (37  ±37.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 10.9% † 7,023 (±1.3% / ±836.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±13% (303  ±111.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 87.2% 41,223 (±3.3% / ±1,548)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.2% ±14.1% (50  ±49.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 21.5% 10,143 (±1.8% / ±834.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

9.6% ±10.5% (35  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 7.4% 3,853 (±0.7% / ±374)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
35 Total veterans ±40 35 Male ±40 N/A Female ±14

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