Clifton’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.64 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Clifton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Clifton is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.00% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Clifton in 2022 was $29,931, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,724 for a family of four. However, Clifton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Clifton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Clifton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clifton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Clifton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.37% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Clifton include English, German, Irish, Norwegian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Clifton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Scandinavian languages.
