Clifton vs Waynesboro

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

Clifton and Waynesboro 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 2,483 in Waynesboro). Waynesboro has the higher median household income ($45,000 vs $44,286 in Clifton). Clifton has the higher median home value ($126,900 vs $81,400 in Waynesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Waynesboro
Population	2,632	2,483
Median age	43.7 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,286	$45,000
Median home value	$126,900	$81,400
Median gross rent	$713	$469
Housing units	493	1,187
Homeownership rate	63.6%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Waynesboro
Population	2,666 → 2,632 (-1.3%)	2,745 → 2,483 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $44,286 (+10.7%)	$45,313 → $45,000 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$127,100 → $126,900 (-0.2%)	$86,900 → $81,400 (-6.3%)
Median gross rent	$477 → $713 (+49.5%)	$575 → $469 (-18.4%)

Clifton

Population

2,6662,632

Median household income

$40,000$44,286

Median home value

$127,100$126,900

Median gross rent

$477$713

Waynesboro

Population

2,7452,483

Median household income

$45,313$45,000

Median home value

$86,900$81,400

Median gross rent

$575$469

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Waynesboro
Under 5	1.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	10.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	2.1%	12.3%
25 to 34	20.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	23.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	19.8%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.5%
65 to 74	6.6%	14.7%
75 and over	4.1%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Waynesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	84.7%
Black or African American	21.9%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	11.0%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Waynesboro
No high school diploma	21.2%	18.0%
High school graduate	51.3%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Waynesboro
Drove alone	89.9%	87.1%
Carpooled	2.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	7.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Waynesboro
1-unit, detached	85.6%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	3.6%
20 or more units	1.2%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Waynesboro
Poverty rate	43.8%	28.5%
Average household size	2.98	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1967	1971