Callaghan vs Clifton Forge

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

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

Clifton Forge has the higher population (3,483 vs 277 in Callaghan). Callaghan has the higher median household income ($100,781 vs $33,107 in Clifton Forge). Callaghan has the higher median home value ($171,400 vs $106,900 in Clifton Forge).

Population, income & housing

	Callaghan	Clifton Forge
Population	277	3,483
Median age	56.3 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$100,781	$33,107
Median home value	$171,400	$106,900
Median gross rent	$912	$636
Housing units	177	1,845
Homeownership rate	75.8%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Callaghan	Clifton Forge
Population	283 → 277 (-2.1%)	3,581 → 3,483 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$68,333 → $100,781 (+47.5%)	$33,523 → $33,107 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $171,400 (+30.5%)	$78,800 → $106,900 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $912 (+9.9%)	$653 → $636 (-2.6%)

Callaghan

Population

283277

Median household income

$68,333$100,781

Median home value

$131,300$171,400

Median gross rent

$830$912

Clifton Forge

Population

3,5813,483

Median household income

$33,523$33,107

Median home value

$78,800$106,900

Median gross rent

$653$636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Callaghan	Clifton Forge
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	6.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	7.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	42.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	13.6%
75 and over	1.1%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Callaghan	Clifton Forge
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	79.8%
Black or African American	10.8%	15.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Callaghan	Clifton Forge
No high school diploma	1.7%	14.4%
High school graduate	47.5%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Callaghan	Clifton Forge
Drove alone	73.1%	95.2%
Carpooled	14.4%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	2.2%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Callaghan	Clifton Forge
1-unit, detached	53.7%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	7.5%
20 or more units	27.1%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Callaghan	Clifton Forge
Poverty rate	13.7%	19.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1960	1938