Clearwater vs Graniteville

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

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

Clearwater has the higher population (3,124 vs 2,176 in Graniteville). Clearwater has the higher median household income ($50,669 vs $29,495 in Graniteville). Clearwater has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $103,900 in Graniteville).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Graniteville
Population	3,124	2,176
Median age	41.3 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,669	$29,495
Median home value	$156,500	$103,900
Median gross rent	$835	$960
Housing units	1,559	1,087
Homeownership rate	60.7%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Graniteville
Population	4,264 → 3,124 (-26.7%)	3,320 → 2,176 (-34.5%)
Median household income	$29,786 → $50,669 (+70.1%)	$37,650 → $29,495 (-21.7%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $156,500 (+44.5%)	$87,600 → $103,900 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $835 (+23.0%)	$767 → $960 (+25.2%)

Clearwater

Population

4,2643,124

Median household income

$29,786$50,669

Median home value

$108,300$156,500

Median gross rent

$679$835

Graniteville

Population

3,3202,176

Median household income

$37,650$29,495

Median home value

$87,600$103,900

Median gross rent

$767$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Graniteville
Under 5	3.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	28.0%
18 to 24	14.0%	0.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	18.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	15.7%	2.4%
55 to 64	15.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	5.4%	7.9%
75 and over	5.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Graniteville
White (non-Hispanic)	66.6%	45.6%
Black or African American	8.1%	26.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	23.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Graniteville
No high school diploma	8.3%	31.0%
High school graduate	42.9%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Graniteville
Drove alone	79.7%	90.4%
Carpooled	12.8%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Graniteville
1-unit, detached	59.1%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	5.2%
20 or more units	5.3%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Graniteville
Poverty rate	14.4%	33.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1975	1966