Cliffside vs Spindale

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

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

Spindale has the higher population (4,244 vs 630 in Cliffside). Since 2019, Spindale's population has grown faster (+1.3% vs -5.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Cliffside	Spindale
Population	630	4,244
Median age	50.6 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$38,509
Median home value	—	$130,800
Median gross rent	—	$707
Housing units	315	2,154
Homeownership rate	91.0%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cliffside	Spindale
Population	665 → 630 (-5.3%)	4,190 → 4,244 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $34,111 (-37.7%)	$32,083 → $38,509 (+20.0%)
Median home value	—	$89,000 → $130,800 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$583 → $707 (+21.3%)

Cliffside

Population

665630

Median household income

$54,792$34,111

Spindale

Population

4,1904,244

Median household income

$32,083$38,509

Median home value

$89,000$130,800

Median gross rent

$583$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cliffside	Spindale
Under 5	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 17	6.0%	10.6%
18 to 24	24.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	9.6%
35 to 44	3.8%	19.3%
45 to 54	25.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	8.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	17.1%	14.4%
75 and over	0.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cliffside	Spindale
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	79.1%
Black or African American	6.5%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cliffside	Spindale
No high school diploma	5.2%	16.9%
High school graduate	55.6%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cliffside	Spindale
Drove alone	86.4%	77.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	13.6%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cliffside	Spindale
1-unit, detached	87.0%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Cliffside	Spindale
Poverty rate	4.9%	16.9%
Average household size	2.19	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1991	1958