Clover vs Lake Wylie

A side-by-side comparison of Clover and Lake Wylie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Wylie has the higher population (15,177 vs 7,013 in Clover). Lake Wylie has the higher median household income ($112,113 vs $66,992 in Clover). Lake Wylie has the higher median home value ($464,200 vs $236,100 in Clover).

Population, income & housing

	Clover	Lake Wylie
Population	7,013	15,177
Median age	35.9 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,992	$112,113
Median home value	$236,100	$464,200
Median gross rent	$995	$1,517
Housing units	2,691	6,153
Homeownership rate	70.8%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clover	Lake Wylie
Population	6,135 → 7,013 (+14.3%)	12,885 → 15,177 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$50,511 → $66,992 (+32.6%)	$99,335 → $112,113 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $236,100 (+55.0%)	$322,200 → $464,200 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $995 (+15.2%)	$1,156 → $1,517 (+31.2%)

Clover

Population

6,1357,013

Median household income

$50,511$66,992

Median home value

$152,300$236,100

Median gross rent

$864$995

Lake Wylie

Population

12,88515,177

Median household income

$99,335$112,113

Median home value

$322,200$464,200

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,517

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clover	Lake Wylie
Under 5	7.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	26.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	18.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	17.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.6%
75 and over	3.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clover	Lake Wylie
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	77.3%
Black or African American	22.4%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clover	Lake Wylie
No high school diploma	14.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	20.5%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clover	Lake Wylie
Drove alone	79.6%	71.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	19.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clover	Lake Wylie
1-unit, detached	85.6%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	9.8%
20 or more units	4.8%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Clover	Lake Wylie
Poverty rate	13.9%	10.7%
Average household size	2.72	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1997	2006