Clifton Forge vs Low Moor

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

Clifton Forge and Low Moor 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 396 in Low Moor). Low Moor has the higher median home value ($122,100 vs $106,900 in Clifton Forge). Since 2019, Low Moor's population has grown faster (+91.3% vs -2.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton Forge	Low Moor
Population	3,483	396
Median age	46.1 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$33,107	—
Median home value	$106,900	$122,100
Median gross rent	$636	—
Housing units	1,845	159
Homeownership rate	61.1%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton Forge	Low Moor
Population	3,581 → 3,483 (-2.7%)	207 → 396 (+91.3%)
Median household income	$33,523 → $33,107 (-1.2%)	$23,462 → $92,885 (+295.9%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $106,900 (+35.7%)	$48,300 → $122,100 (+152.8%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $636 (-2.6%)	—

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

Low Moor

Population

207396

Median household income

$23,462$92,885

Median home value

$48,300$122,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton Forge	Low Moor
Under 5	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	6.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.9%	3.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	21.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.6%	19.7%
75 and over	12.1%	26.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton Forge	Low Moor
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	96.5%
Black or African American	15.9%	3.5%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton Forge	Low Moor
No high school diploma	14.4%	36.3%
High school graduate	43.4%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton Forge	Low Moor
Drove alone	95.2%	76.1%
Carpooled	2.6%	23.9%
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%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton Forge	Low Moor
1-unit, detached	76.6%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Clifton Forge	Low Moor
Poverty rate	19.3%	9.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	14
Median year structure built	1938	1964