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Population (year 2000): 17,345
Males: 8,353  (48.2%)
Females: 8,992  (51.8%)

Mesa County

Median resident age:  30.0 years
Colorado median age:  34.3 years

Zip codes: 81520.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $34,900 (it was $31,684 in 2000)
Clifton  $34,900
Colorado:  $50,652

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $128,000 (it was $93,000 in 2000)
Clifton  $128,000
Colorado:  $223,300

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Races in Clifton:

  • White Non-Hispanic (82.3%)
  • Hispanic (14.1%)
  • Other race (5.7%)
  • Two or more races (2.8%)
  • American Indian (2.7%)
  • Black (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Clifton: 82.9 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (17.7%), United States (10.6%), English (10.2%), Irish (9.9%), French (3.8%), Italian (2.6%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 4722 feet

Land area: 6.78 square miles.

Population density: 2559 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Clifton

  • High school or higher: 80.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.2%
  • Unemployed: 6.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Clifton CDP

  • Never married: 23.0%
  • Now married: 54.5%
  • Separated: 2.7%
  • Widowed: 5.4%
  • Divorced: 14.4%

425 residents are foreign born (2.2% Latin America).

This place:  2.5%
Colorado:  8.6%



According to our research there were 33 registered sex offenders living in Clifton, Colorado in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Clifton to the number of sex offenders is 526 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Clifton:  0.7% ($661)
Colorado:  0.7% ($1,132)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Boulder, CO (229.6 miles , pop. 94,673).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Northeast Jefferson, CO (235.2 miles , pop. 450,166).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (457.0 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Fruitvale, CO (1.6 miles ), Orchard Mesa, CO (5.0 miles ), Grand Junction, CO (6.5 miles ), Palisade, CO (7.9 miles ), Whitewater-Kahnah Creek, CO (8.1 miles ), Redlands, CO (12.1 miles ), Fruita, CO (18.7 miles ), De Beque, CO (24.7 miles ).

Latitude: 39.08 N, Longitude: 108.46 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: -5,877 (-33.9%)
Workers who live and work in this place: 839 (10.8%)


People in group quarters in Clifton
  • 28 people in nursing homes
  • 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 9 people in other nonhousehold living situations
  • 8 people in homes for the mentally ill

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Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (19%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
  • Health care (4%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (18%)
  • Accommodation and food services (14%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
  • Child care workers (4%)
  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Clifton:
  • ST MARYS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER (about 5 miles; GRAND JUNCTION, CO)
  • COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; GRAND JUNCTION, CO)
  • FAMILY HEALTH WEST HOSPITAL - CAH (about 19 miles; FRUITA, CO)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Clifton:
  • WALKER FIELD (about 5 miles; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; ID: GJT)
  • MONTROSE REGIONAL (about 57 miles; MONTROSE, CO; ID: MTJ)
  • TELLURIDE REGIONAL (about 87 miles; TELLURIDE, CO; ID: TEX)
Other public-use airports nearest to Clifton:
  • MACK MESA (about 30 miles; MACK, CO; ID: C07)
  • HAWKINS FIELD (about 33 miles; DELTA, CO; ID: D17)
  • BLAKE FIELD (about 36 miles; DELTA, CO; ID: 1V9)

Amtrak station near Clifton:
  • 8 miles: GRAND JUNCTION (339 S. 1ST ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities, snack bar, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Clifton:
  • MESA STATE COLLEGE (about 9 miles; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Full-time enrollment: 4,415)
  • COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE (about 85 miles; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; FT enrollment: 3,400)
  • WESTERN STATE COLLEGE COLORADO (about 109 miles; GUNNISON, CO; FT enrollment: 2,199)
  • FORT LEWIS COLLEGE (about 130 miles; DURANGO, CO; FT enrollment: 4,051)
  • SAN JUAN COLLEGE (about 160 miles; FARMINGTON, NM; FT enrollment: 2,837)
  • ADAMS STATE COLLEGE (about 210 miles; ALAMOSA, CO; FT enrollment: 4,147)
  • SNOW COLLEGE (about 220 miles; EPHRAIM, UT; FT enrollment: 2,632)
Public elementary/middle schools in Clifton:
  • MOUNT GARFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 638; Location: 3475 FRONT STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
  • CLIFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 465; Location: 3276 F ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
  • ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 460; Location: 3260 D1/2 ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
Private elementary/middle school in Clifton:
  • GENESIS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL PRESC (Students: 106; Location: 615 I 70 BUSINESS LOOP; Grades: PK - 5)

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Shopping Center: The Mesa Pointe Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Clifton include: Light and Life Chapel (A), Pear Park Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Lewis Wash (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attraction: American Spirit Shuttle (Tours & Charters; 204 4th Street).

Hotel: Best Western Clifton Inn (3228 I-70 Business Loop).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Clifton and their reported violations in the past:

STEAMBOAT LAKE STATE PARK (Population served: 1188, Surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In MAY-1999. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-07-1999), St Formal NOV issued (JUL-07-1999)
  • One routine major monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Clifton that have no violations reported:
  • CLIFTON WD (Population served: 34500, Primary Water Source Type: Surface_water)

Average household size:
This place:  2.7 people
Colorado:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  74.2%
Whole state:  65.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  7.0%
Whole state:  5.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  12.6%
Whole state:  9.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  4.5%
Whole state:  4.1%

Clifton compared to Colorado state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
  • Median age below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house above state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Clifton (2007 data):
  • American National Bank: Coronado_branch at 569-A 32 Road, branch established on 1998-08-10; Clifton Branch at I-70 Business Loop And 32nd Road, branch established on 1990-02-02. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $1,892.5 mil, Deposits: $1,607.5 mil, headquarters in Denver, CO, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 35 total offices, Holding Company: Sturm Financial Group, Inc.
  • Wells Fargo Bank, National Association: Clifton Branch at 3231 I-70 Business Loop, branch established on 1995-09-11. Info updated 2007-02-13: Bank assets: $398,671.0 mil, Deposits: $311,546.0 mil, headquarters in Sioux Falls, SD, positive income, 3239 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company
  • Bank of the West: Clifton Branch at 3201 F Road, branch established on 1904-01-01. Info updated 2006-12-18: Bank assets: $55,642.9 mil, Deposits: $37,436.4 mil, headquarters in San Francisco, CA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 671 total offices, Holding Company: Bnp Paribas
  • Alpine Bank: Clifton Branch at 3243 1-70 Business Loop, branch established on 1990-11-27. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,010.8 mil, Deposits: $1,752.5 mil, headquarters in Glenwood Springs, CO, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 35 total offices, Holding Company: Alpine Banks Of Colorado



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8.52% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,805 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.52%
Colorado average:  10.77%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($298 average AGI)
Mesa County:  0.07%
Colorado average:  0.18%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Garfield County, CO  0.51% ($48,260 average AGI)
from Delta County, CO  0.30% ($33,014)
from Jefferson County, CO  0.26% ($42,254)


6.09% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,794 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.09%
Colorado average:  10.03%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($150 average AGI)
Mesa County:  0.04%
Colorado average:  0.12%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Garfield County, CO  0.32% ($36,248 average AGI)
to Jefferson County, CO  0.20% ($30,568)
to Montrose County, CO  0.20% ($34,978)


Strongest AM radio stations in Clifton:
  • KNZZ (1100 AM; 50 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KJOL (620 AM; 10 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: UNITED MINISTRIES)
  • KEXO (1230 AM; 1 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KTMM (1340 AM; 1 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: MBC GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KUBC (580 AM; 5 kW; MONTROSE, CO; Owner: WOODLAND COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
  • KLTT (670 AM; 50 kW; COMMERCE CITY, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
  • KKZN (760 AM; 50 kW; THORNTON, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KOA (850 AM; 50 kW; DENVER, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KHAC (880 AM; 43 kW; TSE BONITO, NM; Owner: WESTERN INDIAN MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • KKOB (770 AM; 50 kW; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KIQN (1010 AM; 50 kW; TOOELE, UT)

Strongest FM radio stations in Clifton:
  • KJYE (92.3 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • K205CK (88.9 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K256AD (99.1 FM; PALISADE, CO; Owner: NORTH FORK VALLEY PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
  • K214CA (90.7 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • K210CE (89.9 FM; MESA, CO; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KCIC (88.5 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: PEAR PARK BAPTIST SCHOOLS)
  • KEKB (99.9 FM; FRUITA, CO; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KBKL (107.9 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KMXY (104.3 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KMGJ (93.1 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M.B.C. GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KMOZ-FM (100.7 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: MBC GRAND BROADCASTING INC)
  • KMSA (91.3 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: MESA STATE COLLEGE)
  • KPRN (89.5 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC.)
  • KLFV (90.3 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KAFM (88.1 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: GRAND VALLEY PUBLIC RADIO CO, INC)
  • KKNN (95.1 FM; DELTA, CO; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KZKS (105.3 FM; RIFLE, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
  • KZKS-FM1 (105.3 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
  • KSTR-FM (96.1 FM; MONTROSE, CO; Owner: LEGGETT BROADCASTING, INC)
  • KPRU (103.3 FM; DELTA, CO; Owner: PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC)

TV broadcast stations around Clifton:
  • KFQX (Channel 4; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: JOHN HARVEY REES)
  • KREX-TV (Channel 5; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: W. RUSSELL WITHERS, JR.)
  • KKCO (Channel 11; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: EAGLE III BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • K25FZ (Channel 25; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • KRMJ (Channel 18; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)

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