Cliffside vs Forest City

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

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

Forest City has the higher population (7,368 vs 630 in Cliffside). Since 2019, Forest City's population has grown faster (+3.0% vs -5.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Cliffside	Forest City
Population	630	7,368
Median age	50.6 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$35,897
Median home value	—	$142,100
Median gross rent	—	$815
Housing units	315	3,244
Homeownership rate	91.0%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cliffside	Forest City
Population	665 → 630 (-5.3%)	7,155 → 7,368 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $34,111 (-37.7%)	$27,589 → $35,897 (+30.1%)
Median home value	—	$101,400 → $142,100 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$592 → $815 (+37.7%)

Cliffside

Population

665630

Median household income

$54,792$34,111

Forest City

Population

7,1557,368

Median household income

$27,589$35,897

Median home value

$101,400$142,100

Median gross rent

$592$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cliffside	Forest City
Under 5	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 17	6.0%	19.3%
18 to 24	24.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	3.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	25.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	8.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	17.1%	9.9%
75 and over	0.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cliffside	Forest City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	54.0%
Black or African American	6.5%	25.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cliffside	Forest City
No high school diploma	5.2%	14.2%
High school graduate	55.6%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cliffside	Forest City
Drove alone	86.4%	83.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cliffside	Forest City
1-unit, detached	87.0%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Cliffside	Forest City
Poverty rate	4.9%	33.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1991	1966