Clifton vs Point Pleasant

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

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

Point Pleasant has the higher population (4,009 vs 392 in Clifton). Clifton has the higher median home value ($210,700 vs $113,900 in Point Pleasant). Since 2019, Clifton's population has grown faster (+1.6% vs -3.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Point Pleasant
Population	392	4,009
Median age	38.6 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$40,837
Median home value	$210,700	$113,900
Median gross rent	—	$631
Housing units	112	2,316
Homeownership rate	83.0%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Point Pleasant
Population	386 → 392 (+1.6%)	4,146 → 4,009 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$74,350 → $81,729 (+9.9%)	$42,307 → $40,837 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$155,500 → $210,700 (+35.5%)	$79,700 → $113,900 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$557 → $631 (+13.3%)

Clifton

Population

386392

Median household income

$74,350$81,729

Median home value

$155,500$210,700

Point Pleasant

Population

4,1464,009

Median household income

$42,307$40,837

Median home value

$79,700$113,900

Median gross rent

$557$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Point Pleasant
Under 5	9.2%	9.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	22.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	1.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	24.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	2.3%	10.6%
75 and over	6.1%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Point Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	94.0%
Black or African American	8.7%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Point Pleasant
No high school diploma	9.1%	7.1%
High school graduate	47.0%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Point Pleasant
Drove alone	67.6%	85.6%
Carpooled	32.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Point Pleasant
1-unit, detached	82.1%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Point Pleasant
Poverty rate	8.7%	25.8%
Average household size	3.50	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1956	1958