Clifton vs York

A side-by-side comparison of Clifton and York: population, income, housing, and more.

Clifton and York are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clifton has the higher population (3,845 vs 436 in York). Clifton has the higher median household income ($84,457 vs $79,231 in York). York has the higher median home value ($166,200 vs $66,000 in Clifton).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	York
Population	3,845	436
Median age	24.9 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$84,457	$79,231
Median home value	$66,000	$166,200
Median gross rent	$592	—
Housing units	1,419	266
Homeownership rate	40.2%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	York
Population	3,703 → 3,845 (+3.8%)	687 → 436 (-36.5%)
Median household income	$69,472 → $84,457 (+21.6%)	$63,958 → $79,231 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$48,500 → $66,000 (+36.1%)	$110,400 → $166,200 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$465 → $592 (+27.3%)	$839 → $613 (-26.9%)

Clifton

Population

3,7033,845

Median household income

$69,472$84,457

Median home value

$48,500$66,000

Median gross rent

$465$592

York

Population

687436

Median household income

$63,958$79,231

Median home value

$110,400$166,200

Median gross rent

$839$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	York
Under 5	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	30.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	4.8%
35 to 44	21.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	4.2%	27.5%
55 to 64	6.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	2.7%	15.6%
75 and over	2.1%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	York
White (non-Hispanic)	37.2%	58.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	54.6%	31.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	York
No high school diploma	13.2%	12.3%
High school graduate	36.9%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	York
Drove alone	77.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	18.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	York
1-unit, detached	87.8%	49.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	50.8%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	York
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.7%
Average household size	3.65	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1978	1991