Clover vs Fort Mill

A side-by-side comparison of Clover and Fort Mill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Mill has the higher population (28,281 vs 7,013 in Clover). Fort Mill has the higher median household income ($127,537 vs $66,992 in Clover). Fort Mill has the higher median home value ($457,000 vs $236,100 in Clover).

Population, income & housing

	Clover	Fort Mill
Population	7,013	28,281
Median age	35.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,992	$127,537
Median home value	$236,100	$457,000
Median gross rent	$995	$1,437
Housing units	2,691	10,311
Homeownership rate	70.8%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clover	Fort Mill
Population	6,135 → 7,013 (+14.3%)	17,692 → 28,281 (+59.9%)
Median household income	$50,511 → $66,992 (+32.6%)	$91,061 → $127,537 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $236,100 (+55.0%)	$289,200 → $457,000 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $995 (+15.2%)	$1,073 → $1,437 (+33.9%)

Clover

Population

6,1357,013

Median household income

$50,511$66,992

Median home value

$152,300$236,100

Median gross rent

$864$995

Fort Mill

Population

17,69228,281

Median household income

$91,061$127,537

Median home value

$289,200$457,000

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,437

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clover	Fort Mill
Under 5	7.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	26.0%	24.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	18.9%	18.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.7%
75 and over	3.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clover	Fort Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	75.5%
Black or African American	22.4%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clover	Fort Mill
No high school diploma	14.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	20.5%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	35.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clover	Fort Mill
Drove alone	79.6%	68.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	2.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	25.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clover	Fort Mill
1-unit, detached	85.6%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	5.5%
20 or more units	4.8%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Clover	Fort Mill
Poverty rate	13.9%	3.7%
Average household size	2.72	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1997	2010