Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety44#8,700/15,637
Economy85#2,320/15,631
Housing99#89/14,977
Health40#9,343/15,609
Healthcare31#10,801/15,650
Environment79#3,266/15,453
Education52#7,482/15,649
Infrastructure66#5,302/15,650
Community29#11,156/15,651
Leisure & amenities15#13,273/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clifton, Arizona ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Greenlee County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low0.8×
100/100Arizona 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent-burdened households · low5.4%
100/100Arizona 51.4%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Preventable hospital stays · low664 /100k
100/100Arizona 2,070 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreenlee County value
Broadband subscriptions · high100.0%
99/100Arizona 91.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Rent as share of income · low10.6%
99/100Arizona 30.8%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.8 µg/m³
97/100Arizona 6.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyGreenlee County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high28.8 mi
1/100Arizona 5.7 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGreenlee County value
Flu vaccinations · low22.0%
2/100Arizona 41.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreenlee County value
Drought exposure · high100%
2/100Arizona 73%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAGreenlee County value
Social associations · low4.3 /10k
3/100Arizona 5.7 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreenlee County value
Mammography screening · low32.0%
3/100Arizona 44.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreenlee County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Arizona 6.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyGreenlee County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
13.9% (2015-2019) → 2.5% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
89.5% (2015-2019) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
14.7 min (2015-2019) → 21.3 min (2020-2024)
+45%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Poverty rateImproving
9.3% (2015-2019) → 2.5% (2020-2024)
−6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
0.7× (2015-2019) → 0.8× (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.348 (2015-2019) → 0.396 (2020-2024)
+14%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Clifton, Arizona improved on 1 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 6 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+11 points89.5% → 100.0%

Declined1

Rent / income+1.6 points9.0% → 10.6%

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Clifton, Arizona between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	14.7 min2015-2019	21.3 min2020-2024	+6.5 min	Within the margin of error	6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%2015-2019	17.8%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Broadband subscriptions	89.5%2015-2019	100.0%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	62%
High school diploma or higher	88.1%2015-2019	86.6%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3482015-2019	0.3962020-2024	+0.048	Within the margin of error	17%
Median household income	$69,4722015-2019	$78,4802020-2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	20%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	9.0%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Declined	43%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Clifton, Arizona five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clifton, Arizona in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Clifton, Arizona itself moved −7.4 points in standing on average over the same 7 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,822 residents (±12)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (+11.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,822 residents (±12)

Clifton, Arizona
Arizona share

White39%1,473
Black1.8%†69
Hispanic or Latino58%2,208

Education

2,220 residents (±146)

Clifton, Arizona
Arizona share

No high school diploma13%†297
High school or GED37%830
Some college28%†626

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,256 households (±142)

Clifton, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $25k16%†207
$25k–50k9.0%†113
$50k–75k17%†208
$75k–100k34%†422
$100k–150k15%†189
$150k–200k2.9%†36
$200k or more6.4%†81

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (+18.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,256 households (±142)

Clifton, Arizona
Arizona share

Own38%†482
Rent62%774

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+14.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

774 households (±127)

Clifton, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $75072%†555
$750–1,00013%†103
$1,000–1,50010%†80

Home values

482 homes (±160)

Clifton, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $150k76%†364
$150k–250k10%†50
$250k–400k14%†68

Age of homes

1,561 homes (±176)

Clifton, Arizona
Arizona share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–20097.5%†117
1980–199940%†630

Size of homes

1,561 homes (±176)

Clifton, Arizona
Arizona share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom4.5%†70
2 bedrooms18%†288

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,575 workers (±218)

Clifton, Arizona
Arizona share

Drive alone91%1,428
Carpool7.0%†111
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.3%†36
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.0%0
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,575 workers (±218)

Clifton, Arizona
Arizona share

Under 15 min42%†663
15–29 min36%†560
30–44 min9.7%†153

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Greenlee County, the county holding most of Clifton's residents.

Greenlee County has 88 employer establishments, 94.1 for every 10,000 residents (0.38× the US rate of 248; 0.43× Arizona's), with 4,213 paid employees at an average annual pay of $82,749. The Census Bureau also counts 278 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 88; 278 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 94.1; US 248 · Arizona 219
Paid employees: 4,213
Average annual pay: $82,749; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Greenlee County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	7	7.5	0.36×Too few to compare	180	$69,372	22
Restaurants and other eating places	7	7.5	0.41×Too few to compare	89	$24,022	4
Full-service restaurants	5	5.3	0.70×Too few to compare	60	$28,283	—
Gasoline stations	5	5.3	1.65×Too few to compare	52	$32,981	—
General merchandise stores	5	5.3	3.02×Too few to compare	52	$32,115	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	4	4.3	2.45×Too few to compare	44	$48,068	—
Religious organizations	4	4.3	0.77×Too few to compare	10	$13,700	—
Architectural, engineering and related services	3	3.2	0.92×Too few to compare	35	$83,857	—
Lessors of real estate	3	3.2	0.26×Too few to compare	7	$20,143	16
Offices of other health practitioners	3	3.2	0.53×Too few to compare	17	$24,176	10
Outpatient care centers	3	3.2	1.74×Too few to compare	163	$73,350	—
Specialty trade contractors	3	3.2	0.21×Too few to compare	57	$54,912	21

Rank places for an industry Open Greenlee County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,356 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $34K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Clifton, Arizona: $8.90 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $34K
Per resident: $8.90; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Forest Service$34K100%

Top recipients

EASTSEW LLC$33.2K98%
PETERSON EXTERIORS LLC$8302.4%

Spending by fiscal year

16.6KFY2017
2.5KFY2018
-13FY2019
12.3KFY2020
6.9KFY2021
0FY2022
8.8KFY2024
0FY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$33.2K98%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381$8302.4%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Clifton, Arizona, so they do not add up across cities.

Clifton, Arizona's figures are part of those of Greenlee County, AZ ($1.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.9% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Clifton is mostly in Greenlee County.

See federal money in Greenlee County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Clifton, Arizona is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Juan CiscomaniR-AZ-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 5.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Greenlee County60100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Greenlee County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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