Clover CreekWA
Population 7,345: a town in Washington.
Is Clover Creek a good place to live?
The data are hard on it. Its lowest grade is for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $524K, 4.6 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. Walkability is its strong suit: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 72% of U.S. towns. All told, that adds up to a C− overall, better than 16% of U.S. towns. That places it 241st of 285 in Washington. Clover Creek’s average commute is 33 minutes, above both the Washington town median (27 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for health and B− for incomes.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES.
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.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Space Needle and 127 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
10 mi Theme parkWild Waves Theme Park
31 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile 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 · Wild Waves Theme Park: Jessica Spengler from Hove, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0
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
The largest public high school is Franklin Pierce High School, with 977 students. The public schools here belong to the Franklin Pierce School District. Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list.
| 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
The climate in Clover Creek brings four seasons and pleasant summers
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°.
Its peak summer temperature 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
For most of its workers, the job is outside Clover Creek
Clover Creek has about as many jobs (2,702) as working residents, but only 62 people both live and work here.
Commuting out is the norm in Clover Creek: 2% of working residents work locally. Since 2013, Clover Creek has added 470 jobs, to 2,702 in 2023. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in the town. Half of commuters travel less than 10 miles.
| Clover Creek | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| 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 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Clover Creek is earthquakes, at a high overall level
Flood insurance has paid out on 15 claims in Clover Creek since 1979. On expected storm and flood damage, Clover Creek sits above 63% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Clover Creek break down as 67% from earthquakes and 28% from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Clover Creek are less healthy than three in five 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.
The share of adults in Clover Creek who have diabetes: 12%. Two figures for adults here: 16% report frequent physical distress, 71% had a checkup this year.
| 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
The typical rent for Clover Creek comes to $1,814 a month. Clover Creek: 63% of households are owner-occupiers. Homes sold in Clover Creek spent a median 15 days on the market.
| 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−.