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Clifton CDP, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Clifton CDP is a Census CDP of 19,518 people across 5.98 square miles of land, in Mesa County. Median household income is $52,100, 73.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 15 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $17.6 m.
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Clifton
What Clifton is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area5.98 sq mi
- Water area0.07 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,264
- County holding the largest share of its areaMesa County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clifton
How many people live in Clifton
- Population19,518
- Median age36.3
- Population under 184,839
- Share under 1824.8 percent
- Population 65 and over2,972
- Share 65 and over15.2 percent
- Households7,784
- Family households4,757
- Share of households that are families61.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clifton
Income and work in Clifton
- Median household income$52,100
- Per capita income$25,781
- Civilian labor force9,165
- Employed8,375
- Unemployed790 plus or minus 351
- Unemployment rate8.6 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over13,320
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.1 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clifton
Housing in Clifton
- Housing units7,933
- Occupied units7,784
- Vacant units149 plus or minus 119
- Vacancy rate1.9 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Owner occupied5,713
- Renter occupied2,071
- Ownership rate73.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$250,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,107
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.5 percent
- Single family units4,982
- Share single family62.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,325 plus or minus 313
- Share in buildings of two or more16.7 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Mobile homes1,601 plus or minus 324
- Median year structure built1987
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clifton
How Clifton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,024
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,288
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more791 plus or minus 242
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more11.3 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Drove alone71.8 percent
- Carpooled10.0 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home14.2 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clifton
SBA 7(a) lending to Clifton borrowers
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$17,617,000
- Average approval$1,174,467
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,846,400
- Largest approval$3,826,000
- Jobs supported226
- Jobs per approval15.1
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more40.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS10
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Clifton
SBA 504 lending to Clifton borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$614,000
- Average approval$307,000
- Median approval$457,000
- Largest approval$457,000
- Jobs supported10
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Mesa County, not Clifton
Mesa County context, not Clifton figures
These are Mesa County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Clifton measurements.
- Establishments in Mesa County4,827
- Employment at those establishments, Mesa County56,737
- Covered employment, Mesa County66,864
- Average annual pay, Mesa County$57,309
- Average weekly wage, Mesa County$1,102
- Housing units permitted, Mesa County1,014
- Of those, single family, Mesa County714
- County product, 2024, Mesa County$9,476,333,000
- County product change over the prior year, Mesa County5.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Mesa County$69,892
Every figure in this section is published for Mesa County as a whole and is not a measurement of Clifton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Clifton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Clifton, Colorado?
19,518, in 7,784 households. Clifton CDP covers 5.98 square miles of land, which is 3,264 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Clifton in?
Mesa County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Clifton?
$52,100. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $250,500. Median gross rent is $1,107 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Clifton businesses?
15 7(a) approvals totalling $17.6 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $500,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $614,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Clifton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Clifton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Clifton. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Clifton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Mesa County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Clifton.
Is zoning published for Clifton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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