Cliffside vs Ellenboro

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

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

Ellenboro has the higher population (899 vs 630 in Cliffside). Since 2019, Ellenboro's population has grown faster (+31.4% vs -5.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Cliffside	Ellenboro
Population	630	899
Median age	50.6 yrs	27.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$50,625
Median home value	—	$104,500
Median gross rent	—	$719
Housing units	315	348
Homeownership rate	91.0%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cliffside	Ellenboro
Population	665 → 630 (-5.3%)	684 → 899 (+31.4%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $34,111 (-37.7%)	$29,219 → $50,625 (+73.3%)
Median home value	—	$76,900 → $104,500 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$715 → $719 (+0.6%)

Cliffside

Population

665630

Median household income

$54,792$34,111

Ellenboro

Population

684899

Median household income

$29,219$50,625

Median home value

$76,900$104,500

Median gross rent

$715$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cliffside	Ellenboro
Under 5	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 17	6.0%	24.9%
18 to 24	24.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	3.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	25.9%	6.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	17.1%	7.7%
75 and over	0.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cliffside	Ellenboro
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	82.8%
Black or African American	6.5%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cliffside	Ellenboro
No high school diploma	5.2%	18.8%
High school graduate	55.6%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cliffside	Ellenboro
Drove alone	86.4%	83.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cliffside	Ellenboro
1-unit, detached	87.0%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	24.7%

Poverty & households

	Cliffside	Ellenboro
Poverty rate	4.9%	24.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1991	1975