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Clifton, Arizona.

A town in Greenlee County. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Greenlee County’s.

Living in Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona

Clifton is a town of 3,933 people in Greenlee County. Half its households earn more than $78,480 a year and half less, against $71,164 across Greenlee County; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Greenlee County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 3.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Greenlee County work in farming, then schools and health care.

People 3,933 in the 2020 census; median age 30.9
Household income $78,480 the median, give or take $8,362 · Greenlee County: $71,164
Unemployment 3.6% Greenlee County, August 2026; 3.0% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Clifton for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,256households
  • 18%of adults have a degree
  • 2%below the poverty line
  • 21 mintypical commute
  • 0%work from home

What people in Greenlee County work in

  • Farming, forestry and mining43%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Building trades6%
  • Other services6%
  • Government6%
  • Professional and business services4%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Greenlee County had 5,649 jobs in 2025, 3.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 60° and 35°; warmest in July, 100° and 74° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 100° 74° A S O N D 60° 35°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 60° and 35°; warmest in July, 100° and 74° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 100° 74° A S O N D 60° 35°

Coldest in December, with highs near 60° and lows near 35°; warmest in July, with highs near 100° and lows near 74°. About 17 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Clifton weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Greenlee County

  1. Morenci Unified District (4230)School district304FTE
  2. Duncan Unified District (4228)School district60FTE
  3. Bloomfield CompaniesHome improvement40
  4. Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture20

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1 workplace with 20 or more staff, 40 people in all across the county; Clifton has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LightningVery high
  2. WildfireRelatively high
  3. Heat wavesRelatively high
  4. Winter weatherRelatively high
  5. Inland floodingRelatively high
  6. LandslidesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Clifton’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Greenlee County.