Bostic vs Cliffside

A side-by-side comparison of Bostic and Cliffside: population, income, housing, and more.

Bostic and Cliffside are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cliffside has the higher population (630 vs 363 in Bostic). Since 2019, Bostic's population has grown faster (+20.2% vs -5.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bostic	Cliffside
Population	363	630
Median age	40.3 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	—
Median home value	$156,300	—
Median gross rent	$836	—
Housing units	176	315
Homeownership rate	65.8%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bostic	Cliffside
Population	302 → 363 (+20.2%)	665 → 630 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$33,438 → $56,563 (+69.2%)	$54,792 → $34,111 (-37.7%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $156,300 (+76.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$508 → $836 (+64.6%)	—

Bostic

Population

302363

Median household income

$33,438$56,563

Median home value

$88,500$156,300

Median gross rent

$508$836

Cliffside

Population

665630

Median household income

$54,792$34,111

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bostic	Cliffside
Under 5	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	6.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	24.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	3.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	25.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	8.9%
65 to 74	14.6%	17.1%
75 and over	6.3%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bostic	Cliffside
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	93.5%
Black or African American	6.1%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bostic	Cliffside
No high school diploma	16.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	19.6%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bostic	Cliffside
Drove alone	90.6%	86.4%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bostic	Cliffside
1-unit, detached	74.4%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Bostic	Cliffside
Poverty rate	15.1%	4.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1975	1991