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Clemson, SC

17,557 Population
7.9 square miles 2,219.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in South Carolina: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$34,468 ±$3,775 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $36,818 ±$626
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $36,072 ±$266
$50,263 ±$6,219 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $66,226 ±$967
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $63,623 ±$486

36% ±4.4% (6,284  ±766) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 13.1% 118,235 (±0.5% / ±4,485)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.4% 717,849 (±0.2% / ±11,836)

20.2 minutes ±1.2 (142,300  ±14,274) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 24.9 9,887,235 (±0.3 / ±151,697)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.5 54,759,448 (±0.1 / ±395,881)

Families

7,398 ±410 Number of households
  • the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 366,748 ±1,987
  • South Carolina: 2,023,085 ±5,487
2.4 ±0.1 (17,412  ±95) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 2.5 906,576 (±0 / ±189)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,004,353

0.6% ±0.8% (29  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 5.8% 12,612 (±0.5% / ±986)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 62,830 (±0.2% / ±2,492)

Housing

8,200 ±407 Number of housing units
  • the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 406,036 ±246
  • South Carolina: 2,362,253 ±501

$347,800 ±$19,240 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $221,100 ±$2,430
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $216,200 ±$1,122

32.4% ±5.2% (5,673  ±,915.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 14.6% 134,388 (±0.5% / ±4,663.4)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 13.5% 686,178 (±0.2% / ±10,988)

Social

94.9% ±5.3% (8,044  ±,762.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 88.5% 558,713 (±1% / ±5,982.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.3% 3,174,118 (±0.4% / ±15,315.5)
63.2% ±5% (5,358  ±,589.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 33.2% 209,804 (±0.6% / ±3,662.7)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 30.6% 1,088,770 (±0.3% / ±9,317.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.8% ±1.9% (1,360  ±336) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 6.4% 59,268
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 270,170

3% ±1% (479  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 7.2% 51,868 (±0.2% / ±1,474)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 8.7% 349,900 (±0.1% / ±4,262)
479 Total veterans ±164 479 Male ±164 N/A Female ±21

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