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SheetVA-CLINCHCO-VA · Clinchco, VA 354 pop · income 3rd 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 Clinchco
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Clinchco on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cleveland · lowest
26,528
Cleveland · lowest
26,528 median HH income
20.0% of the leader · rank #1
Clinchco · this city
30,625
Clinchco · this city
30,625 median HH income
23.1% of the leader · rank #2
Sulligent · near
30,625
Sulligent · near
30,625 median HH income
23.1% of the leader · rank #3
Elvaston · near
30,625
Elvaston · near
30,625 median HH income
23.1% of the leader · rank #4
Halchita · near
30,625
Halchita · near
30,625 median HH income
23.1% of the leader · rank #5
Cowen · near
30,625
Cowen · near
30,625 median HH income
23.1% of the leader · rank #6
King Salmon · highest
132,500
King Salmon · highest
132,500 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 Clinchco 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: 354.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Clinchco lands in the 3rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
3rd
percentile, household income
0th
percentile, home value
62nd
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: Clinchco, VA
Virginia's Clinchco is a small town, with 354 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Clinchco households earn a median of $30,625 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 19.8%. Home values in Clinchco run a median of $40,500, and the median resident age is 46.5 years. 2.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 27.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Virginia tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 101.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,369 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Virginia run around $235, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Clinchco'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Clinchco, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Clinchco?
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.
Within Virginia, the closest population matches are White Stone (355 residents, $50,795 income); Brodnax (350 residents, $79,375 income); Bowmans Crossing (349 residents, $50,333 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Akron, AL (354 residents); King Salmon, AK (354 residents); Saxman, AK (354 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Clinchco?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 61.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
How far does income reach against housing in Clinchco?
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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 19.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Is Clinchco growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -16 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -6.6% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 19.8% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
101.1 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Virginia average
F
City profile score · Clinchco, VA
12/100
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.
Cost of living F
101.1 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 F
19.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$30,625
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
2.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Clinchco profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 35/100 (F) · 101.1 index
Poverty rate: 14/100 (F) · 19.8%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $30,625
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 2.3%
How does Clinchco compare to other US cities?
Here's how Clinchco stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income3% higher than other cities
Home value0% pricier than other cities
Median rent62% 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 Clinchco against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Virginia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Virginia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Clinchco near the bottom of Virginia's cities
Among the 619 Virginia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Clinchco ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Clinchco only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#537 of 558
4th percentile in Virginia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 619
0th percentile in Virginia
Median Home Value
#566 of 567
0th percentile in Virginia
Poverty Rate
#71 of 616
88th percentile in Virginia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#584 of 618
6th percentile in Virginia
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 Virginia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
3rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Clinchco's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$40,500Among the most affordablemore affordable than 100% 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
Clinchco's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#195 of 15,516
More affordable than 99% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#191 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.3×, Clinchco sits in the affordable band:
national rank #195 of 15,516 and #191 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$30,625Clinchco, VA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Clinchco, VA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Clinchco, VA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)2.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)19.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)27.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
354
Median Income
$30,625
Median Home Value
$40,500
Median Age
46.5
Poverty Rate
19.8%
Labor force participation
27.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
2.3%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Clinchco's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
243 residents
2021
239 residents
2022
236 residents
2023
234 residents
2024
230 residents
2025
227 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
61.0%
Carpool
37.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
1.3%
Based on 77 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Virginia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $235
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Virginia at $235 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Virginia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Clinchco. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Virginia's BEA cost-of-living index is 101.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Clinchco is $1,369/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Virginia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Virginia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Clinchco sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Clinchco compares to similar-size Virginia 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.