Clover CreekWA
A town of 7,345.
Is Clover Creek a good place to live?
Clover Creek is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 241st of 285 graded towns in Washington, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $95K. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $524K, 4.6 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. Clover Creek’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, above both the Washington town median (27 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Clover Creek is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns.
What makes Clover Creek stand out
Where Clover Creek beats most towns.
How Clover Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Clover Creek is from typical.
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Space Needle and 126 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Clover Creek. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
7 mi Stadium & arenaTacoma Dome
31 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
10 mi Theme parkWild Waves Theme ParkPhoto credits
Space Needle: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lumen Field: "Smart Destinations", GoSeattleCard.com, and Go Seattle Card Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Climate Pledge Arena: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tacoma Dome: Broran28, Public domain · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wild Waves Theme Park: Jessica Spengler from Hove, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0
Moving to Clover Creek: who provides what
Clover Creek is unincorporated, so Pierce 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 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Clover Creek.
Clover Creek has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and trades workers with Tacoma and other neighbors, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Public schools in Clover Creek fall behind 70% of Washington districts
Its public schools are run by the Franklin Pierce School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Franklin Pierce High School, with 977 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 466 | – |
| Franklin Pierce High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 977 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Clover Creek
The Mcmillin Rsvr weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 3 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 98% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 77°, cooler than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.5°.
Clover Creek has mild winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Clover Creek is 77°F. About 6 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Clover Creek | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 77°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 35°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Clover Creek
Clover Creek has about as many jobs (2,702) as working residents, but only 62 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Clover Creek for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Clover Creek has added 470 jobs, to 2,702 in 2023. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Clover Creek.
| Clover Creek | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 13% | 15% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Clover Creek faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by earthquakes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 15 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Clover Creek.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Clover Creek are less healthy than 59% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,280 U.S. towns with household incomes like Clover Creek’s, it is less healthy than 79%, so it trails even them.
Clover Creek beats the Washington average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 25. 19% of Clover Creek adults report frequent mental distress.
| Clover Creek | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 71% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 36% |
| What stands out | Clover Creek | WA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing food insecurity | 14% | 10.2% |
| More smokers | 13.5% | 10.1% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.7% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Clover Creek earns a C− for cost of living
Clover Creek’s median rent is $1,814 a month. The typical Clover Creek home is worth about $524,000, up 0.8% in a year, 11% below the Washington typical home.
| Clover Creek | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,814 a month | $1,737 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 63% | 71% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Clover Creek
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Clover Creek
About 6 of every 100 Clover Creek residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Washington.
About Clover Creek
CDP in Washington, United States
Clover Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Pierce County, Washington. As of the 2020 census, Clover Creek had a population of 7,161.
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- Area
- 6.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 479 ft
- Area code
- 360
Clover Creek’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Clover Creek.
All 5 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C−; Parkland (C−) is closest.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Creek | #241 | C− | C− | — | C | C+ |
| Frederickson | #178 | C | C− | — | C+ | B |
| Parkland | #216 | C− | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| Summit | #138 | B− | C | — | B | B− |
| Midland | #187 | C | C+ | — | C | C+ |
| Summit View | #114 | B− | C− | — | B− | B+ |
Clover Creek, Frederickson, Parkland, Summit, Midland and Summit View report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Clover Creek with a neighbor →
Questions about Clover Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clover Creek, WA a good place to live?
Clover Creek grades C− overall, better than 16% of U.S. towns and #241 of 285 in Washington. It grades C+ for health and C for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Clover Creek, WA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.