Clifton vs Fruitvale

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

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

Clifton has the higher population (19,746 vs 7,998 in Fruitvale). Fruitvale has the higher median household income ($76,339 vs $54,301 in Clifton). Fruitvale has the higher median home value ($299,900 vs $234,200 in Clifton).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Fruitvale
Population	19,746	7,998
Median age	35.2 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,301	$76,339
Median home value	$234,200	$299,900
Median gross rent	$1,035	$1,800
Housing units	7,794	3,471
Homeownership rate	72.3%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Fruitvale
Population	20,748 → 19,746 (-4.8%)	7,874 → 7,998 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$43,452 → $54,301 (+25.0%)	$63,509 → $76,339 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$143,500 → $234,200 (+63.2%)	$202,600 → $299,900 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,035 (+18.6%)	$1,178 → $1,800 (+52.8%)

Clifton

Population

20,74819,746

Median household income

$43,452$54,301

Median home value

$143,500$234,200

Median gross rent

$873$1,035

Fruitvale

Population

7,8747,998

Median household income

$63,509$76,339

Median home value

$202,600$299,900

Median gross rent

$1,178$1,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Fruitvale
Under 5	7.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	13.2%
75 and over	4.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Fruitvale
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.4%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Fruitvale
No high school diploma	16.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Fruitvale
Drove alone	72.3%	72.2%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.8%
Public transit	1.1%	1.8%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.1%	14.4%
Other means	2.8%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Fruitvale
1-unit, detached	59.6%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Fruitvale
Poverty rate	15.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1987	1984