Town · York County, South Carolina

Clover, South Carolina

Clover is a town in York County, South Carolina, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area. It has 7,234 residents. Clover, South Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 52 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,550 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within South Carolina it ranks #55 of 268 cities and towns. It ranks best on new homes permitted (high), loneliness (low) and days with unhealthy air (low). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), hospital quality rating (low) and average commute time (high).

52Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,550 of 15,651 cities and towns
South Carolina: #55 of 268 in SC
Population: 7,234 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 1,548.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4515355

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety29#11,027/15,637
Economy67#5,231/15,631
Housing40#8,921/14,977
Health45#8,619/15,609
Healthcare41#9,206/15,650
Environment62#5,935/15,453
Education70#4,723/15,649
Infrastructure42#9,138/15,650
Community66#5,272/15,651
Leisure & amenities50#7,749/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clover, South Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “York County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New homes permitted · high10.1 /1k
88/100South Carolina 8.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Loneliness · low32.0%
85/100South Carolina 32.7%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyYork County value
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100South Carolina 9.2United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationYork County value
Comfortable days · high31.2%
84/100South Carolina 31.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationYork County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.58%
81/100South Carolina 0.49%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
7/100South Carolina 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesYork County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100South Carolina 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesYork County value
Average commute time · high34.9 min
17/100South Carolina 25.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Drought exposure · high75%
18/100South Carolina 72%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAYork County value
Homicide rate · high6.0 /100k
21/100South Carolina 8.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataYork County value
Drug overdose deaths · high22.8 /100k
22/100South Carolina 22.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataYork County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
6,135 (2015-2019) → 7,234 (2020-2024)
+18%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
32.7 /1k (2021) → 10.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−69%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$50,511 (2015-2019) → $85,450 (2020-2024)
+69%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateImproving
20.7% (2015-2019) → 9.1% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
18.7% (2015-2019) → 8.3% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
47.3% (2015-2019) → 57.6% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Clover, South Carolina improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Household income+69%$50,511 → $85,450
Poverty−10 points18.7% → 8.3%
Uninsured−6 points14.3% → 8.3%
Child poverty−12 points20.7% → 9.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Clover, South Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	31.5 min2015-2019	34.9 min2020-2024	+3.4 min	Within the margin of error	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Broadband subscriptions	84.0%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Child poverty rate	20.7%2015-2019	9.1%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	85%
Effective property tax rate	0.88%2015-2019	0.58%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	74%
High school diploma or higher	82.6%2015-2019	89.3%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	51%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4102015-2019	0.3852020-2024	−0.026	Within the margin of error	71%
Median household income	$50,5112015-2019	$85,4502020-2024	+69%	Improved	94%
Poverty rate	18.7%2015-2019	8.3%2020-2024	−10 points	Improved	93%
Rent as share of income	28.9%2015-2019	37.0%2020-2024	+8.1 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Rent-burdened households	47.3%2015-2019	57.6%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Unemployment rate	7.8%2015-2019	4.8%2020-2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.3%2015-2019	8.3%2020-2024	−6 points	Improved	90%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Clover, South Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clover, South Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Clover, South Carolina itself moved +0.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

7,234 residents (±25)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,713 households (±210)

Clover, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $25k15%†412
$25k–50k14%†378
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,713 households (±210)

Clover, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Own80%2,173
Rent20%540

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+11.0 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,707 workers (±354)

Clover, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Drive alone73%2,721
Carpool10.0%†369
Public transit0.2%†

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of York County, the county holding most of Clover's residents.

York County has 6,231 employer establishments, 209 for every 10,000 residents (0.84× the US rate of 248; 0.92× South Carolina's), with 97,731 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,857. The Census Bureau also counts 24,974 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,231; 24,974 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 209; US 248 · South Carolina 228
Paid employees: 97,731
Average annual pay: $55,857; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of York County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	501	16.8	0.81×About typical	4,935	$67,537	981
Restaurants and other eating places	458	15.4	0.84×About typical	10,228	$19,357	103
Specialty trade contractors	433	14.5	0.94×About typical	3,445	$62,968	1,555
Lessors of real estate	395	13.3	1.08×About typical	1,123	$49,077	2,239
Religious organizations	243	8.2	1.47×More than typical	1,725	$27,008	—
Limited-service restaurants	210	7.1	0.88×About typical	4,782	$17,560	40
Real estate agents and brokers	206	6.9	1.42×More than typical	355	$46,696	776
Full-service restaurants	193	6.5	0.84×About typical	4,694	$21,617	38
Services to buildings and dwellings	188	6.3	0.94×About typical	1,386	$31,085	1,722
Offices of other health practitioners	169	5.7	0.93×About typical	693	$45,444	528
Building equipment contractors	165	5.5	0.92×About typical	1,564	$61,269	316
Construction of buildings	153	5.1	0.68×Fewer than typical	722	$65,663	745

Rank places for an industry Open York County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 297,770 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $5,041 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Clover, South Carolina: $0.70 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $5,041
Per resident: $0.70; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$5,041100%

Top recipients

JAMESON LLC$3,43468%
HAR-PER SALES SOLUTIONS INC$1,60732%

Spending by fiscal year

39.6KFY2017
113.8KFY2018
391.4KFY2019
82.5KFY2020
36.3KFY2021
53.5KFY2022
13.1KFY2023
20.2KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Electric lighting equipment manufacturing · 3351$3,43468%
Cut and sew apparel manufacturing · 3152$1,60732%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Clover, South Carolina, so they do not add up across cities.

Clover, South Carolina's figures are part of those of York County, SC ($23.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Clover is mostly in York County.

See federal money in York County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Clover, South Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Ralph NormanR-SC-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 11.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

York County74100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC75

Other cities and towns in York County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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