Clifton vs Gallipolis Ferry

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

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

Gallipolis Ferry has the higher population (766 vs 392 in Clifton). Clifton has the higher median home value ($210,700 vs $92,200 in Gallipolis Ferry). Since 2019, Gallipolis Ferry's population has grown faster (+5.9% vs +1.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Gallipolis Ferry
Population	392	766
Median age	38.6 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$44,250
Median home value	$210,700	$92,200
Housing units	112	357
Homeownership rate	83.0%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Gallipolis Ferry
Population	386 → 392 (+1.6%)	723 → 766 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$74,350 → $81,729 (+9.9%)	$46,250 → $44,250 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$155,500 → $210,700 (+35.5%)	$87,200 → $92,200 (+5.7%)

Clifton

Population

386392

Median household income

$74,350$81,729

Median home value

$155,500$210,700

Gallipolis Ferry

Population

723766

Median household income

$46,250$44,250

Median home value

$87,200$92,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Gallipolis Ferry
Under 5	9.2%	16.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	3.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	30.5%
35 to 44	22.7%	0.9%
45 to 54	1.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	24.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	2.3%	12.3%
75 and over	6.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Gallipolis Ferry
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	90.2%
Black or African American	8.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Gallipolis Ferry
No high school diploma	9.1%	8.6%
High school graduate	47.0%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Gallipolis Ferry
Drove alone	67.6%	93.6%
Carpooled	32.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Gallipolis Ferry
1-unit, detached	82.1%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
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	17.9%	57.1%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Gallipolis Ferry
Poverty rate	8.7%	33.4%
Average household size	3.50	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	16
Median year structure built	1956	1992