GlovervilleSC
With 2,505 residents, this town was settled in 1948.
Is Gloverville a good place to live?
Where it falls short is incomes: the median household income is $52K, and 16% of residents live below the poverty line. Gloverville ranks 78th of 167 in South Carolina, with a C+ overall. That leaves it better than 39% of U.S. towns. It also trails on walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. Its best grade is for cost of living (A−) — a typical home costs about $71K, 1 years of the Augusta metro’s $69K median household income. No town among the 111 in South Carolina we compare has a lower typical home value than Gloverville. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B for hazard risk.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results · FEMA National Risk Index · Zillow, September 2026.
What makes Gloverville stand out
Where Gloverville beats most towns.
Gloverville has shrunk 15% from 2010 to 2020
2,831 counted in 2010 and 2,406 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Gloverville grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Carolina), ordered by how far Gloverville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Gloverville: who provides what
Gloverville is unincorporated, so Aiken County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Gloverville.
Gloverville is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has homes that are cheap against local pay and sends most of its workers to Aiken and beyond.
Gloverville earns an A− for cost of living
At 1 years of the Augusta metro’s $69K median household income, the typical home (about $71K) costs less against local pay than in any other South Carolina town; that ratio is one input to that grade. The median property tax bill is $565, against $1,251 across South Carolina, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow values the typical Gloverville home at about $71,000, down 8% in a year, 77% below the South Carolina typical home. The town’s rent at the middle of the market comes in at $1,204 a month. Among households in the town, 65% own their home, against 65% in South Carolina’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
| Gloverville | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 65% | 65% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,204 a month | $1,058 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools in Gloverville beat 62% of South Carolina districts
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Aiken 01 school district. Gloverville’s only public school teaches 350 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloverville ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 350 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within SC on state tests and graduation
A smaller share of working residents in Gloverville work locally than in the typical South Carolina or U.S. town
Gloverville has 159 jobs for its 912 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The top destinations are Aiken (20%), Augusta (12%) and North Augusta (5%). In Gloverville, the mean commuting time is 21 minutes, below both the South Carolina town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Gloverville | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 17% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Gloverville are less healthy than two in three U.S. towns
Against the 6,528 U.S. towns with household incomes like Gloverville’s, it is healthier than 64%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
17% of adults binge drink in Gloverville. In Gloverville, 17% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 25% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Gloverville | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 12% |
| What stands out | Gloverville | SC |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.2% | 13.9% |
| More smokers | 16.8% | 13.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.5% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Gloverville faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Gloverville after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 57% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 11% to hurricanes. The national flood insurance program has paid one claim locally since 1998.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fort Gordon and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gloverville. Close and well known come first.
20 mi LandmarkFort Gordon
10 mi Stadium & arenaJames Brown Arena
10 mi MuseumMeadow Garden
10 mi MuseumMorris Museum of Art120K visitors a year8 mi MuseumBeech Island Historical Society
10 mi GardenAugusta Botanical GardensPhoto credits
Fort Gordon: U.S. Army Cyber Command, Public domain · James Brown Arena: Thomson200, CC0 · Meadow Garden: Flickr user Sir Mildred Pierce, CC BY 2.0 · Morris Museum of Art: Thomson200, CC0 · Augusta Botanical Gardens: Liam Wolff (Ospr3yy at en.wikipedia), FAL
Everything we know about Gloverville
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Gloverville
About 2 of every 100 Gloverville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
99% of working residents leave Gloverville for work
Where Gloverville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Gloverville
Census-designated place in South Carolina, United States
Gloverville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,831 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. Gloverville is located in historic Horse Creek Valley.
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- Area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 203 ft
- ZIP code
- 29828
Gloverville’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Gloverville.
| Town | SC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gloverville | #78 | C+ | A− | — | B | C |
| Langley | — | — | A+ | — | B | D |
| Warrenville | — | — | A | — | B | C+ |
Langley and Warrenville have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Gloverville, Langley and Warrenville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Gloverville with a neighbor →
Questions about Gloverville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Gloverville, SC a good place to live?
Gloverville grades C+ overall, better than 39% of U.S. towns and #78 of 167 in South Carolina. It grades C for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Gloverville, SC expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.