Cliffside vs Lake Lure

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

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

Lake Lure has the higher population (1,488 vs 630 in Cliffside). Since 2019, Lake Lure's population has grown faster (-0.7% vs -5.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Cliffside	Lake Lure
Population	630	1,488
Median age	50.6 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$72,813
Median home value	—	$510,300
Median gross rent	—	$778
Housing units	315	2,339
Homeownership rate	91.0%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	58.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cliffside	Lake Lure
Population	665 → 630 (-5.3%)	1,498 → 1,488 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $34,111 (-37.7%)	$63,802 → $72,813 (+14.1%)
Median home value	—	$338,600 → $510,300 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$744 → $778 (+4.6%)

Cliffside

Population

665630

Median household income

$54,792$34,111

Lake Lure

Population

1,4981,488

Median household income

$63,802$72,813

Median home value

$338,600$510,300

Median gross rent

$744$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cliffside	Lake Lure
Under 5	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	6.0%	7.7%
18 to 24	24.0%	1.6%
25 to 34	13.7%	3.4%
35 to 44	3.8%	7.5%
45 to 54	25.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	27.5%
65 to 74	17.1%	25.7%
75 and over	0.6%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cliffside	Lake Lure
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	82.5%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cliffside	Lake Lure
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.7%
High school graduate	55.6%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cliffside	Lake Lure
Drove alone	86.4%	56.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	29.1%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cliffside	Lake Lure
1-unit, detached	87.0%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Cliffside	Lake Lure
Poverty rate	4.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.19	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	16	38
Median year structure built	1991	1986