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Clifton town, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Clifton town is a Census town of 312 people across 0.24 square miles of land, in Fairfax County. Median household income is $232,500, 97.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.3 m.
74 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
This is a small place, and the figures below carry wide margins.
The American Community Survey reaches Clifton through a sample, not a count, and in a place this size that sample is thin. The population estimate here is 312 with a margin of error of plus or minus 157, which is 50.3 percent of the estimate itself. Every figure whose margin reaches 20 percent is printed with that margin beside it, so you can see the width of each one rather than having to assume it.
Nothing has been removed or adjusted. These are the published federal estimates, shown with the uncertainty the Census publishes alongside them.
Clifton
What Clifton is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.24 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,274 plus or minus 641
- County holding the largest share of its areaFairfax 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
- Population312 plus or minus 157
- Median age37.3 plus or minus 19.6
- Population under 1892 plus or minus 51
- Share under 1829.5 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Population 65 and over61 plus or minus 24
- Share 65 and over19.6 percent plus or minus 12.5
- Households94 plus or minus 30
- Family households77 plus or minus 28
- Share of households that are families81.9 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$232,500
- Per capita income$88,797 plus or minus $28,980
- Civilian labor force158 plus or minus 68
- Employed157 plus or minus 68
- Unemployed1 plus or minus 4
- Unemployment rate0.6 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over188 plus or minus 65
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher100.0 percent plus or minus 44.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher80.3 percent plus or minus 37.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree37.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clifton
Housing in Clifton
- Housing units102 plus or minus 30
- Occupied units94 plus or minus 30
- Vacant units8 plus or minus 8
- Vacancy rate7.8 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Owner occupied92 plus or minus 30
- Renter occupied2 plus or minus 3
- Ownership rate97.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,050,000
- Single family units102 plus or minus 33
- Share single family100.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1938
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 commute130 plus or minus 63
- Commuting under 15 minutes14 plus or minus 18
- Share commuting under 15 minutes10.8 percent plus or minus 13.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more59 plus or minus 33
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.4 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Drove alone50.3 percent plus or minus 29.2
- Carpooled11.3 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Walked19.5 percent plus or minus 18.4
- Worked from home18.2 percent plus or minus 5.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clifton
SBA loans in Clifton (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$1,311,700
- Average approval$218,617
- Median approval$331,800
- Ninetieth percentile approval$500,000
- Largest approval$500,000
- Jobs supported87
- Jobs per approval14.5
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full2
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 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 loans in Clifton (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$833,000
- Average approval$833,000
- Median approval$833,000
- Largest approval$833,000
- Jobs supported16
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fairfax County, not Clifton
Fairfax County context, not Clifton figures
These are Fairfax 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 Fairfax County31,931
- Employment at those establishments, Fairfax County696,002
- Covered employment, Fairfax County636,430
- Average annual pay, Fairfax County$114,100
- Average weekly wage, Fairfax County$2,194
- Housing units permitted, Fairfax County2,861
- Of those, single family, Fairfax County1,032
- Average income of an arriving household, Fairfax County$118,128
Every figure in this section is published for Fairfax 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 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.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- 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, Virginia?
312, in 94 households. Clifton town covers 0.24 square miles of land, which is 1,274 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?
Fairfax 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?
$232,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,050,000. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Clifton businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $1.3 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $331,800, plus 1 504 approvals worth $833,000. 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 3 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 Fairfax 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.