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SheetSC-THE-CLIFFS-VALLEY-SC · The Cliffs Valley, SC 813 pop · income 85th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around The Cliffs Valley
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest The Cliffs Valley on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Scranton · lowest
26,250
Scranton · lowest
26,250 median HH income
22.9% of the leader · rank #1
The Cliffs Va… · this city
114,583
The Cliffs Va… · this city
114,583 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
East Bethel · near
114,583
East Bethel · near
114,583 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Firestone · near
114,591
Firestone · near
114,591 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
St. Joseph · near
114,594
St. Joseph · near
114,594 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Kincora · near
114,618
Kincora · near
114,618 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Hochatown · highest
114,643
Hochatown · highest
114,643 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for The Cliffs Valley on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 813.
Nationally, The Cliffs Valley sits in the 85th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
85th
percentile, household income
96th
percentile, home value
46th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: The Cliffs Valley, SC
South Carolina's The Cliffs Valley is a small town, with 813 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in The Cliffs Valley report a median income of $114,583 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.6%. Home values in The Cliffs Valley run a median of $900,000, and the median resident age is 61.7 years. Educational attainment runs 43.8% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 38.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in South Carolina run below the national norm: the state registers 93.7 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,155 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in South Carolina run around $224, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 70.7 out of 100 (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of The Cliffs Valley's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For The Cliffs Valley, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in The Cliffs Valley?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 7.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
What does the journey to work look like in The Cliffs Valley?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for The Cliffs Valley?
Within South Carolina, the closest population matches are Manville (812 residents, $26,607 income); Scranton (820 residents, $26,250 income); Chesnee (804 residents, $39,375 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Leesburg, AL (813 residents); Maplesville, AL (813 residents); Kivalina, AK (813 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, South Carolina average
B+
City profile score · The Cliffs Valley, SC
75/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A-
$114,583
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B+
43.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living B
93.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate B-
4.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
The Cliffs Valley profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 83/100 (A-) · $114,583
Bachelor's+ share: 78/100 (B+) · 43.8%
Cost of living: 70/100 (B) · 93.7 index
Poverty rate: 68/100 (B-) · 4.6%
How does The Cliffs Valley compare to other US cities?
Where The Cliffs Valley sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income85% higher than other cities
Home value96% pricier than other cities
Median rent46% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares The Cliffs Valley against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to South Carolina only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
South Carolina-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places The Cliffs Valley near the bottom of South Carolina's cities
Among the 441 South Carolina cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, The Cliffs Valley ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares The Cliffs Valley only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#22 of 403
95th percentile in South Carolina
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 441
0th percentile in South Carolina
Median Home Value
#7 of 404
98th percentile in South Carolina
Poverty Rate
#350 of 439
20th percentile in South Carolina
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#48 of 441
89th percentile in South Carolina
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within South Carolina only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
85th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How The Cliffs Valley's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$900,0004th percentilemore affordable than 4% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
The Cliffs Valley's home-value-to-income ratio: 7.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,965 of 15,516
More affordable than 4% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,979 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 7.9×, The Cliffs Valley sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,965 of 15,516 and #10,979 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$114,583The Cliffs Valley, SC median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context The Cliffs Valley, SC median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for The Cliffs Valley, SC.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)43.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)38.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
813
Median Income
$114,583
Median Home Value
$900,000
Median Age
61.7
Poverty Rate
4.6%
Labor force participation
38.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
43.8%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
73.4%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
13.1%
Work from Home
13.5%
Based on 289 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
South Carolina statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $224
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across South Carolina at $224 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are South Carolina statewide averages, not a meter reading for The Cliffs Valley. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
South Carolina's BEA cost-of-living index is 93.7 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around The Cliffs Valley is $1,155/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to South Carolina statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 70.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a South Carolina statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county The Cliffs Valley sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How The Cliffs Valley compares to similar-size South Carolina cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.