Cissna Park vs Clifton

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

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

Clifton has the higher population (1,279 vs 960 in Cissna Park). Clifton has the higher median household income ($69,276 vs $50,625 in Cissna Park). Clifton has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $117,900 in Cissna Park).

Population, income & housing

	Cissna Park	Clifton
Population	960	1,279
Median age	46.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$69,276
Median home value	$117,900	$184,100
Median gross rent	$649	$839
Housing units	493	557
Homeownership rate	69.8%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cissna Park	Clifton
Population	818 → 960 (+17.4%)	1,326 → 1,279 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$43,472 → $50,625 (+16.5%)	$72,778 → $69,276 (-4.8%)
Median home value	$100,800 → $117,900 (+17.0%)	$139,000 → $184,100 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $649 (+5.7%)	$778 → $839 (+7.8%)

Cissna Park

Population

818960

Median household income

$43,472$50,625

Median home value

$100,800$117,900

Median gross rent

$614$649

Clifton

Population

1,3261,279

Median household income

$72,778$69,276

Median home value

$139,000$184,100

Median gross rent

$778$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cissna Park	Clifton
Under 5	4.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	18.8%
18 to 24	2.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	16.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	16.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	8.1%
75 and over	14.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cissna Park	Clifton
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cissna Park	Clifton
No high school diploma	4.2%	3.1%
High school graduate	37.8%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cissna Park	Clifton
Drove alone	77.6%	88.2%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.9%	7.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cissna Park	Clifton
1-unit, detached	73.4%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Cissna Park	Clifton
Poverty rate	9.5%	10.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1959	1960