Clover vs Newport

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

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

Clover has the higher population (7,013 vs 4,142 in Newport). Newport has the higher median household income ($107,143 vs $66,992 in Clover). Newport has the higher median home value ($310,300 vs $236,100 in Clover).

Population, income & housing

	Clover	Newport
Population	7,013	4,142
Median age	35.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,992	$107,143
Median home value	$236,100	$310,300
Median gross rent	$995	—
Housing units	2,691	1,702
Homeownership rate	70.8%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clover	Newport
Population	6,135 → 7,013 (+14.3%)	4,602 → 4,142 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$50,511 → $66,992 (+32.6%)	$72,941 → $107,143 (+46.9%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $236,100 (+55.0%)	$205,600 → $310,300 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $995 (+15.2%)	$1,120 → $1,159 (+3.5%)

Clover

Population

6,1357,013

Median household income

$50,511$66,992

Median home value

$152,300$236,100

Median gross rent

$864$995

Newport

Population

4,6024,142

Median household income

$72,941$107,143

Median home value

$205,600$310,300

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clover	Newport
Under 5	7.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	26.0%	8.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	18.9%	21.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	11.6%
75 and over	3.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clover	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	65.1%
Black or African American	22.4%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.3%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clover	Newport
No high school diploma	14.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	20.5%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clover	Newport
Drove alone	79.6%	77.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	18.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clover	Newport
1-unit, detached	85.6%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Clover	Newport
Poverty rate	13.9%	12.9%
Average household size	2.72	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1997	1991