Clifton Forge vs Mallow

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

Clifton Forge and Mallow 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 511 in Mallow). Mallow has the higher median household income ($51,979 vs $33,107 in Clifton Forge). Clifton Forge has the higher median home value ($106,900 vs $96,700 in Mallow).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton Forge	Mallow
Population	3,483	511
Median age	46.1 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$33,107	$51,979
Median home value	$106,900	$96,700
Median gross rent	$636	$719
Housing units	1,845	246
Homeownership rate	61.1%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton Forge	Mallow
Population	3,581 → 3,483 (-2.7%)	650 → 511 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$33,523 → $33,107 (-1.2%)	$46,786 → $51,979 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $106,900 (+35.7%)	$80,600 → $96,700 (+20.0%)
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

Mallow

Population

650511

Median household income

$46,786$51,979

Median home value

$80,600$96,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton Forge	Mallow
Under 5	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	15.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	3.9%
35 to 44	7.7%	20.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	2.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	18.8%
75 and over	12.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton Forge	Mallow
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	89.0%
Black or African American	15.9%	11.0%
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	Mallow
No high school diploma	14.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	43.4%	70.2%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton Forge	Mallow
Drove alone	95.2%	80.3%
Carpooled	2.6%	19.7%
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	Mallow
1-unit, detached	76.6%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	5.7%
20 or more units	10.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Clifton Forge	Mallow
Poverty rate	19.3%	6.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1938	1971