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Clifton Forge town, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Clifton Forge town is a Census town of 3,447 people across 3.02 square miles of land, in Alleghany County. Median household income is $40,000, 63.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.1 m.
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Clifton Forge
What Clifton Forge is
- Census place typetown
- Land area3.02 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,141
- County holding the largest share of its areaAlleghany 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 Forge
How many people live in Clifton Forge
- Population3,447
- Median age45.2
- Population under 18766 plus or minus 203
- Share under 1822.2 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Population 65 and over862 plus or minus 174
- Share 65 and over25.0 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Households1,418
- Family households823
- Share of households that are families58.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clifton Forge
Income and work in Clifton Forge
- Median household income$40,000 plus or minus $16,298
- Per capita income$26,572
- Civilian labor force1,099
- Employed1,077
- Unemployed22 plus or minus 46
- Unemployment rate2.0 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over2,480
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.0 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.0 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clifton Forge
Housing in Clifton Forge
- Housing units1,854
- Occupied units1,418
- Vacant units436 plus or minus 129
- Vacancy rate23.5 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Owner occupied901
- Renter occupied517 plus or minus 135
- Ownership rate63.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$109,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$592 plus or minus $350
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.8 percent plus or minus 12.8
- Single family units1,387
- Share single family74.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more453 plus or minus 149
- Share in buildings of two or more24.4 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Mobile homes14 plus or minus 24
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clifton Forge
How Clifton Forge gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,001
- Commuting under 15 minutes426 plus or minus 145
- Share commuting under 15 minutes42.6 percent plus or minus 13.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more319 plus or minus 124
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.9 percent plus or minus 11.4
- Drove alone91.4 percent plus or minus 20.2
- Carpooled2.8 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home5.7 percent plus or minus 6.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clifton Forge
SBA loans in Clifton Forge (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$5,095,000
- Average approval$1,698,333
- Median approval$2,071,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,529,000
- Largest approval$2,529,000
- Jobs supported32
- Jobs per approval10.7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Alleghany County, not Clifton Forge
Alleghany County context, not Clifton Forge figures
These are Alleghany 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 Forge measurements.
- Establishments in Alleghany County241
- Employment at those establishments, Alleghany County2,492
- Covered employment, Alleghany County3,293
- Average annual pay, Alleghany County$45,643
- Average weekly wage, Alleghany County$878
- Housing units permitted, Alleghany County13
- Of those, single family, Alleghany County13
- Average income of an arriving household, Alleghany County$47,804
Every figure in this section is published for Alleghany County as a whole and is not a measurement of Clifton Forge. 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 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 Forge questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Clifton Forge, Virginia?
3,447, in 1,418 households. Clifton Forge town covers 3.02 square miles of land, which is 1,141 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Clifton Forge in?
Alleghany 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 Forge?
$40,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $109,500. Median gross rent is $592 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 Forge businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $5.1 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $2,071,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Clifton Forge, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Clifton Forge borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Clifton Forge. only 0 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 Forge figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Alleghany 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 Forge.
Is zoning published for Clifton Forge?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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