Canandaigua vs Clifton Springs

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

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

Canandaigua has the higher population (10,542 vs 2,124 in Clifton Springs). Canandaigua has the higher median household income ($63,268 vs $62,500 in Clifton Springs). Canandaigua has the higher median home value ($218,300 vs $163,900 in Clifton Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Canandaigua	Clifton Springs
Population	10,542	2,124
Median age	41.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,268	$62,500
Median home value	$218,300	$163,900
Median gross rent	$1,093	$699
Housing units	5,433	885
Homeownership rate	48.5%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canandaigua	Clifton Springs
Population	10,287 → 10,542 (+2.5%)	2,173 → 2,124 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$49,130 → $63,268 (+28.8%)	$45,208 → $62,500 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$164,400 → $218,300 (+32.8%)	$113,800 → $163,900 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,093 (+30.4%)	$630 → $699 (+11.0%)

Canandaigua

Population

10,28710,542

Median household income

$49,130$63,268

Median home value

$164,400$218,300

Median gross rent

$838$1,093

Clifton Springs

Population

2,1732,124

Median household income

$45,208$62,500

Median home value

$113,800$163,900

Median gross rent

$630$699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canandaigua	Clifton Springs
Under 5	3.9%	2.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	21.1%
18 to 24	12.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.2%
75 and over	10.9%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canandaigua	Clifton Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	84.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canandaigua	Clifton Springs
No high school diploma	8.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	27.6%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canandaigua	Clifton Springs
Drove alone	79.1%	82.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	4.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canandaigua	Clifton Springs
1-unit, detached	39.6%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	7.8%
20 or more units	14.4%	15.6%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Canandaigua	Clifton Springs
Poverty rate	9.4%	15.1%
Average household size	2.04	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1961	1938