Clifton vs Sully Square

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

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

Sully Square has the higher population (2,668 vs 321 in Clifton). Clifton has the higher median household income ($228,750 vs $210,746 in Sully Square). Clifton has the higher median home value ($1,039,500 vs $709,400 in Sully Square).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Sully Square
Population	321	2,668
Median age	36.1 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$228,750	$210,746
Median home value	$1,039,500	$709,400
Median gross rent	—	$2,253
Housing units	100	928
Homeownership rate	98.9%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.1%	84.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Sully Square
Population	264 → 321 (+21.6%)	1,918 → 2,668 (+39.1%)
Median household income	$153,125 → $228,750 (+49.4%)	$164,750 → $210,746 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$824,200 → $1,039,500 (+26.1%)	$581,200 → $709,400 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,153 → $2,253 (+4.6%)

Clifton

Population

264321

Median household income

$153,125$228,750

Median home value

$824,200$1,039,500

Sully Square

Population

1,9182,668

Median household income

$164,750$210,746

Median home value

$581,200$709,400

Median gross rent

$2,153$2,253

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Sully Square
Under 5	1.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	30.5%	27.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	1.5%
25 to 34	6.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	5.0%	30.2%
45 to 54	18.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	9.7%	2.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	2.5%
75 and over	6.2%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Sully Square
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	16.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	72.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Sully Square
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	6.6%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	7.2%
Bachelor's degree	47.3%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	31.9%	47.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Sully Square
Drove alone	56.6%	39.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	15.6%
Public transit	1.3%	5.9%
Walked	18.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	13.2%	36.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Sully Square
1-unit, detached	100.0%	0.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	46.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	42.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Sully Square
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.0%
Average household size	3.53	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1940	—