Clifton vs Ravensworth

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

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

Ravensworth has the higher population (2,566 vs 321 in Clifton). Clifton has the higher median household income ($228,750 vs $163,281 in Ravensworth). Clifton has the higher median home value ($1,039,500 vs $668,600 in Ravensworth).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Ravensworth
Population	321	2,566
Median age	36.1 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$228,750	$163,281
Median home value	$1,039,500	$668,600
Median gross rent	—	$2,467
Housing units	100	901
Homeownership rate	98.9%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.1%	53.3%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Ravensworth
Population	264 → 321 (+21.6%)	2,188 → 2,566 (+17.3%)
Median household income	$153,125 → $228,750 (+49.4%)	$144,391 → $163,281 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$824,200 → $1,039,500 (+26.1%)	$524,600 → $668,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,293 → $2,467 (+7.6%)

Clifton

Population

264321

Median household income

$153,125$228,750

Median home value

$824,200$1,039,500

Ravensworth

Population

2,1882,566

Median household income

$144,391$163,281

Median home value

$524,600$668,600

Median gross rent

$2,293$2,467

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Ravensworth
Under 5	1.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	30.5%	22.2%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	5.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	18.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	9.1%
75 and over	6.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Ravensworth
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	57.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	23.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Ravensworth
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	6.6%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	47.3%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	31.9%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Ravensworth
Drove alone	56.6%	67.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	4.6%
Public transit	1.3%	4.5%
Walked	18.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	21.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Ravensworth
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	Ravensworth
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.53	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1940	1965