Clifton vs Collinwood

A side-by-side comparison of Clifton and Collinwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Clifton and Collinwood are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clifton has the higher population (2,632 vs 1,044 in Collinwood). Collinwood has the higher median household income ($52,083 vs $44,286 in Clifton). Clifton has the higher median home value ($126,900 vs $89,100 in Collinwood).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Collinwood
Population	2,632	1,044
Median age	43.7 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,286	$52,083
Median home value	$126,900	$89,100
Median gross rent	$713	$473
Housing units	493	473
Homeownership rate	63.6%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Collinwood
Population	2,666 → 2,632 (-1.3%)	1,093 → 1,044 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $44,286 (+10.7%)	$37,339 → $52,083 (+39.5%)
Median home value	$127,100 → $126,900 (-0.2%)	$75,700 → $89,100 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$477 → $713 (+49.5%)	$492 → $473 (-3.9%)

Clifton

Population

2,6662,632

Median household income

$40,000$44,286

Median home value

$127,100$126,900

Median gross rent

$477$713

Collinwood

Population

1,0931,044

Median household income

$37,339$52,083

Median home value

$75,700$89,100

Median gross rent

$492$473

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Collinwood
Under 5	1.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	2.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	20.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	23.1%	17.2%
45 to 54	19.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.7%
75 and over	4.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Collinwood
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	92.9%
Black or African American	21.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Collinwood
No high school diploma	21.2%	11.3%
High school graduate	51.3%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Collinwood
Drove alone	89.9%	87.7%
Carpooled	2.5%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	6.7%	4.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Collinwood
1-unit, detached	85.6%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Collinwood
Poverty rate	43.8%	13.8%
Average household size	2.98	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1967	1973