Clifton vs Watseka

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

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

Watseka has the higher population (4,630 vs 1,279 in Clifton). Clifton has the higher median household income ($69,276 vs $42,794 in Watseka). Clifton has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $104,400 in Watseka).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Watseka
Population	1,279	4,630
Median age	40.3 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,276	$42,794
Median home value	$184,100	$104,400
Median gross rent	$839	$815
Housing units	557	2,384
Homeownership rate	72.4%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Watseka
Population	1,326 → 1,279 (-3.5%)	4,954 → 4,630 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$72,778 → $69,276 (-4.8%)	$39,281 → $42,794 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$139,000 → $184,100 (+32.4%)	$85,500 → $104,400 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $839 (+7.8%)	$648 → $815 (+25.8%)

Clifton

Population

1,3261,279

Median household income

$72,778$69,276

Median home value

$139,000$184,100

Median gross rent

$778$839

Watseka

Population

4,9544,630

Median household income

$39,281$42,794

Median home value

$85,500$104,400

Median gross rent

$648$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Watseka
Under 5	4.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.8%
75 and over	6.3%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Watseka
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Watseka
No high school diploma	3.1%	14.2%
High school graduate	41.1%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Watseka
Drove alone	88.2%	80.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Watseka
1-unit, detached	84.9%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Watseka
Poverty rate	10.7%	25.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1960	1965