Clifton vs Valley Mills

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

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

Clifton has the higher population (3,489 vs 1,183 in Valley Mills). Clifton has the higher median household income ($63,696 vs $42,188 in Valley Mills). Clifton has the higher median home value ($147,500 vs $129,700 in Valley Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Valley Mills
Population	3,489	1,183
Median age	47.4 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,696	$42,188
Median home value	$147,500	$129,700
Median gross rent	$1,008	$1,150
Housing units	1,430	459
Homeownership rate	66.0%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Valley Mills
Population	3,391 → 3,489 (+2.9%)	1,302 → 1,183 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $63,696 (+30.0%)	$56,979 → $42,188 (-26.0%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $147,500 (+69.5%)	$79,400 → $129,700 (+63.4%)
Median gross rent	$834 → $1,008 (+20.9%)	$975 → $1,150 (+17.9%)

Clifton

Population

3,3913,489

Median household income

$49,000$63,696

Median home value

$87,000$147,500

Median gross rent

$834$1,008

Valley Mills

Population

1,3021,183

Median household income

$56,979$42,188

Median home value

$79,400$129,700

Median gross rent

$975$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Valley Mills
Under 5	5.7%	10.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	23.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	5.7%	17.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	6.3%
75 and over	17.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Valley Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	53.6%	73.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	38.0%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Valley Mills
No high school diploma	20.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	24.2%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Valley Mills
Drove alone	80.4%	87.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.2%	3.2%
Other means	3.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Valley Mills
1-unit, detached	83.8%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.7%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Valley Mills
Poverty rate	11.0%	12.3%
Average household size	2.43	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1971	1959