Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Clover earn more than those in 63% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Clover itself; outside it, Charlotte draws the most (23%, 23 miles). The poverty rate is 8.3% (South Carolina 14.1%). Jobs and income earn Clover B; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Clover
A lot of Clover workers cross into North Carolina
36% of Clover workers work outside South Carolina, most of them in North Carolina, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Clover workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Clover’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Clover is Charlotte, NC, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (762) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Clover
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clover is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #41 of 168 in South Carolina. Job access by car holds Clover’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clover could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where Clover goes to work
Where Clover clocks in
23% of workers
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The trip to work from Clover: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clover workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,203 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across South Carolina: 86% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Clover
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily commute in and out of Clover
On a workday 3,007 residents head out to work, 316 work right here, and 1,970 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Clover on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
33% of the jobs in Clover make or build things
2,286 jobs are based in Clover.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clover, 2013 → 2023: 1,861 → 2,286. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clover’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Clover commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clover is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #71 of 169 in South Carolina. Both inputs place Clover near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,707 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.5% of Clover households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Clover’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clover is 1,302nd of 3,018 U.S. towns of 5,400 to 10,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 219 | Lake Murray of Richland SC | 7,023 | $119K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 934 | Blythewood SC | 7,233 | $94K | 4.8% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,025 | Murrells Inlet SC | 10,044 | $77K | 7.3% | 2.0% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,300 | Jackson Township PA | 9,301 | $89K | 4.5% | 7.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,301 | Belmar NJ | 5,853 | $94K | 7.7% | 6.6% | 6% | B |
| 1,302 | Clover SC | 7,659 | $85K | 8.3% | 4.8% | 10% | B |
| 1,303 | Union Township IN | 9,193 | $76K | 4.9% | 4.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,304 | Hopkinton RI | 8,393 | $97K | 7.0% | 5.1% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,018 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Clover, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Clover: questions
What is the median household income in Clover?
$85,450 (±$12,539) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clover?
8.3%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clover?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clover work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlotte (23%, 23 mi), Rock Hill (9%, 17 mi), Gastonia (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clover walkable?
Clover is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clover without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clover, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clover
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.