Belvedere vs Clearwater

A side-by-side comparison of Belvedere and Clearwater: population, income, housing, and more.

Belvedere and Clearwater are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belvedere has the higher population (5,458 vs 3,124 in Clearwater). Belvedere has the higher median household income ($57,933 vs $50,669 in Clearwater). Clearwater has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $120,400 in Belvedere).

Population, income & housing

	Belvedere	Clearwater
Population	5,458	3,124
Median age	38.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,933	$50,669
Median home value	$120,400	$156,500
Median gross rent	$952	$835
Housing units	2,717	1,559
Homeownership rate	71.2%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belvedere	Clearwater
Population	5,262 → 5,458 (+3.7%)	4,264 → 3,124 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$45,633 → $57,933 (+27.0%)	$29,786 → $50,669 (+70.1%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $120,400 (+32.9%)	$108,300 → $156,500 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $952 (+2.3%)	$679 → $835 (+23.0%)

Belvedere

Population

5,2625,458

Median household income

$45,633$57,933

Median home value

$90,600$120,400

Median gross rent

$931$952

Clearwater

Population

4,2643,124

Median household income

$29,786$50,669

Median home value

$108,300$156,500

Median gross rent

$679$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belvedere	Clearwater
Under 5	5.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	24.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	14.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	16.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	5.4%
75 and over	5.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belvedere	Clearwater
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	66.6%
Black or African American	21.1%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belvedere	Clearwater
No high school diploma	11.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	40.1%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belvedere	Clearwater
Drove alone	85.9%	79.7%
Carpooled	0.3%	12.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belvedere	Clearwater
1-unit, detached	84.2%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Belvedere	Clearwater
Poverty rate	16.0%	14.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1967	1975