Clifton Forge vs Iron Gate

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

Clifton Forge and Iron Gate 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 408 in Iron Gate). Iron Gate has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $33,107 in Clifton Forge). Clifton Forge has the higher median home value ($106,900 vs $84,200 in Iron Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton Forge	Iron Gate
Population	3,483	408
Median age	46.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$33,107	$60,000
Median home value	$106,900	$84,200
Median gross rent	$636	—
Housing units	1,845	238
Homeownership rate	61.1%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	18.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton Forge	Iron Gate
Population	3,581 → 3,483 (-2.7%)	261 → 408 (+56.3%)
Median household income	$33,523 → $33,107 (-1.2%)	$37,500 → $60,000 (+60.0%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $106,900 (+35.7%)	$70,400 → $84,200 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $636 (-2.6%)	$838 → $883 (+5.4%)

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

Iron Gate

Population

261408

Median household income

$37,500$60,000

Median home value

$70,400$84,200

Median gross rent

$838$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton Forge	Iron Gate
Under 5	6.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	22.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	2.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	7.7%	20.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.6%	13.2%
75 and over	12.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton Forge	Iron Gate
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	90.2%
Black or African American	15.9%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton Forge	Iron Gate
No high school diploma	14.4%	16.8%
High school graduate	43.4%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton Forge	Iron Gate
Drove alone	95.2%	90.6%
Carpooled	2.6%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton Forge	Iron Gate
1-unit, detached	76.6%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Clifton Forge	Iron Gate
Poverty rate	19.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1938	1957