Clifton, Tennessee

Clifton population, 2020 to 2024

Clifton lost 532 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -20.0%. In the latest year it moved by -139.

Clifton covers 5.56 square miles of land and 0.57 of water, for 382 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Clifton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clifton is in

All of Clifton's residents live in Wayne County, which had 15,974 residents in 2024. Clifton holds 13.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clifton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clifton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38425. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Clifton is

The Census internal point of Clifton is at 35.377300, -87.991200. Nashville, the capital, is 86.9 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waynesboro, TN (2,311 people), 13.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nashville-Davidson, TN, 87.1 miles away.

Daylight in Clifton

At 35.38° N, Clifton gets about 14 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clifton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Waynesboro, 13.6 miles away, with 2,311 people.