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Cost of living in Clifton Forge, Virginia

Clifton Forge, Virginia has about 3,447 people. Typical rent is $592 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $40,000 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $592 a month.

Clifton Forge is a town in Virginia. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $40,000 a year.

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People
3,447
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$592
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$40,000
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$109,500
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$943
Alleghany County-Clifton Forge city-Covington city, VA HUD Nonmetro FMR Area
Gas
$4.035
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C), week of October 12, 2026

Clifton Forge, Virginia has about 3,447 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $109,500.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Alleghany County is $943 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Clifton Forge. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Virginia's prices sit at 101.1 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Virginia taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 5.8% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Clifton Forge's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Virginia home paid 17.55¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Clifton Forge's bill.

EIA does not publish a Virginia gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) all-grades price was $4.035 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $1,936.80 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Virginia shares this price.

Among 343 places we list in Virginia with a rent figure, 339 have higher typical rent than Clifton Forge.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.