Clemson, South Carolina

Clemson population, 2020 to 2024

Clemson added 855 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.8%. In the latest year it moved by +679. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 34th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Clemson is 1.3 times that size.

Clemson covers 7.94 square miles of land and 0.46 of water, for 2,344 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Clemson is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Clemson spans

Clemson crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 18,610 residents as follows; Pickens County holds 99.8% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clemson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clemson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29631. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Clemson is

The Census internal point of Clemson is at 34.683600, -82.810600. Columbia, the capital, is 111.7 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Anderson, SC (30,937 people), 14.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 59.9 miles away.

Daylight in Clemson

At 34.68° N, Clemson gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clemson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Pendleton, 3.4 miles away, with 3,697 people.