Clifton vs Great Falls Crossing

A side-by-side comparison of Clifton and Great Falls Crossing: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Great Falls Crossing has the higher population (1,384 vs 321 in Clifton). Great Falls Crossing has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $228,750 in Clifton). Clifton has the higher median home value ($1,039,500 vs $1,007,100 in Great Falls Crossing).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Great Falls Crossing
Population	321	1,384
Median age	36.1 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$228,750	$250,001
Median home value	$1,039,500	$1,007,100
Housing units	100	536
Homeownership rate	98.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.1%	89.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Great Falls Crossing
Population	264 → 321 (+21.6%)	1,407 → 1,384 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$153,125 → $228,750 (+49.4%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$824,200 → $1,039,500 (+26.1%)	$874,700 → $1,007,100 (+15.1%)

Clifton

Population

264321

Median household income

$153,125$228,750

Median home value

$824,200$1,039,500

Great Falls Crossing

Population

1,4071,384

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$874,700$1,007,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Great Falls Crossing
Under 5	1.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	30.5%	12.3%
18 to 24	11.2%	3.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	5.0%	8.4%
45 to 54	18.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	38.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.9%
75 and over	6.2%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Great Falls Crossing
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	62.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	20.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Great Falls Crossing
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	6.6%	3.4%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	7.5%
Bachelor's degree	47.3%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	31.9%	50.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Great Falls Crossing
Drove alone	56.6%	33.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	0.0%
Public transit	1.3%	3.6%
Walked	18.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	62.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Great Falls Crossing
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Great Falls Crossing
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.9%
Average household size	3.53	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1940	1993