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Clemson city, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Clemson city is a Census city of 18,072 people across 7.94 square miles of land, lying across Pickens County and Anderson County. Median household income is $49,520, 34.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 15 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.8 m.
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Clemson
What Clemson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.94 sq mi
- Water area0.46 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,275
- County holding the largest share of its areaPickens County, 97.6 percent
- Counties this place lies inPickens County 97.6 percent, Anderson County 2.4 percent
Clemson city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clemson
How many people live in Clemson
- Population18,072
- Median age24.8
- Population under 182,012
- Share under 1811.1 percent
- Population 65 and over2,403
- Share 65 and over13.3 percent
- Households7,868
- Family households2,598
- Share of households that are families33.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clemson
Income and work in Clemson
- Median household income$49,520
- Per capita income$37,246
- Civilian labor force9,174
- Employed8,758
- Unemployed416 plus or minus 215
- Unemployment rate4.5 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Adults 25 and over8,928
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher59.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree34.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clemson
Housing in Clemson
- Housing units8,738
- Occupied units7,868
- Vacant units870 plus or minus 268
- Vacancy rate10.0 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Owner occupied2,696
- Renter occupied5,172
- Ownership rate34.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$398,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,007
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.4 percent
- Single family units3,883
- Share single family44.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,817
- Share in buildings of two or more55.1 percent
- Mobile homes38 plus or minus 37
- Median year structure built1989
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clemson
How Clemson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,361
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,246
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,323 plus or minus 345
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.0 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Drove alone69.7 percent
- Carpooled9.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Public transport3.5 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Walked6.1 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home9.8 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clemson
SBA loans in Clemson (7(a))
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$6,809,700
- Average approval$453,980
- Median approval$325,800
- Ninetieth percentile approval$690,000
- Largest approval$2,180,000
- Jobs supported230
- Jobs per approval15.3
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term123 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises26.7 percent
- Distinct lenders12
- Distinct industries by NAICS11
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Clemson
SBA loans in Clemson (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$5,930,000
- Average approval$1,976,667
- Median approval$472,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported54
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pickens County, not Clemson
Pickens County context, not Clemson figures
These are Pickens County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Clemson measurements.
- Establishments in Pickens County2,254
- Employment at those establishments, Pickens County28,852
- Covered employment, Pickens County39,859
- Average annual pay, Pickens County$53,824
- Average weekly wage, Pickens County$1,035
- Housing units permitted, Pickens County1,424
- Of those, single family, Pickens County1,125
- County product, 2024, Pickens County$6,019,152,000
- County product change over the prior year, Pickens County6.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Pickens County$85,682
Every figure in this section is published for Pickens County as a whole and is not a measurement of Clemson. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Clemson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Clemson, South Carolina?
18,072, in 7,868 households. Clemson city covers 7.94 square miles of land, which is 2,275 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Clemson in?
Clemson lies in more than one. By area it is 97.6 percent in Pickens County, 2.4 percent in Anderson County. This page sits under Pickens County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Clemson?
$49,520. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $398,400. Median gross rent is $1,007 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Clemson businesses?
15 7(a) approvals totalling $6.8 m, across 12 lenders, median approval $325,800, plus 3 504 approvals worth $5.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Clemson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Clemson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Clemson. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Clemson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Pickens County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Clemson.
Is zoning published for Clemson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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