Gloverville offers low home prices within 10 miles of Augusta, Aiken
Roughly halfway between Downtown Augusta and downtown Aiken lies the small community of Gloverville. Located in a region of the Augusta metro that’s renowned for its low cost of living, Gloverville’s home prices tend to be even lower than in surrounding communities. It doesn’t have the new development or selection of local businesses of nearby towns, but it does have a collection of churches and nonprofits that anchor the community.
Home prices and cost of living in Gloverville
Single-family houses sell from the low $100,000s to the low $300,000s. Manufactured home prices vary from the low to high $100,000s. Homes in Gloverville are eligible for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program. The program provides low- and moderate-income homebuyers in rural areas with mortgage loans that don’t require a down payment.
Residents don’t pay city taxes because Gloverville isn’t incorporated. They do pay Aiken County property taxes, which are some of the lowest among South Carolina’s 46 counties. The low cost of living is one reason the region stands out to retirees, says Eric Crawford, a Realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Beazley Realtors. “In Forbes Magazine, Aiken County is often ranked one of the top 100 places to retire.”
New construction, manufactured housing and other neighborhoods
Homebuilders are less active in Gloverville compared to nearby communities such as Burnettown and Graniteville. Still, there are new homes for sale at Deerfoot Pines, a subdivision of townhomes and Craftsman-inspired single-family homes built by Keystone Homes. Other sections of Gloverville’s housing market include:
- Pine Street: A common spot for new custom homes
- Augusta Street to Johnson Street: A grid of streets that has older minimal traditional and ranch-style homes
- Henson Manor: A community of manufactured houses
A look at nearby employers
Several industrial employers are nearby, including a chemical manufacturer in Gloverville and a textiles plant and Bridgestone tire factory in the neighboring community of Graniteville. Plus, Gloverville is about 17 miles from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site complex and 25 miles from Fort Gordon, a U.S. Army base. These are two of the biggest employers in the region.
Two highly rated schools and one new campus
Students can attend Gloverville Elementary School and Midland Valley High School, both highly rated schools in the Aiken County Public Schools district. Sixth, seventh and eighth graders get to attend one of the district’s new campuses: Highland Springs Middle School, opened in 2023.
A small, rural community that supports its residents
Graniteville is full of churches and nonprofits that support members of the community who are poor or homeless. Examples include:
- Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Center, which oversees a food pantry and teaches GED diploma preparation as well as English as a second language
- Unity Outreach Church, which provides a free place to warm up at the church’s coffee shop, hosts a community feast every Thanksgiving and gives away toys for Christmas
- Walking Tall Ministries, which runs a soup kitchen, food pantry, clothing closet and grocery delivery service
Outdoor recreation for anglers, paddlers and horseback riders
Gloverville Park occupies 4 acres in the heart of the community. There’s a bigger attraction just outside of Gloverville: Langley Pond Park. A disc golf course, playground and beach occupy some of the park’s 100 acres, which border a 300-acre pond. “You’ve got lot of activities for kids. You’ve got the park. A lot of people put boats in and go fishing out there,” Crawford says. East of Gloverville, hikers and horseback riders explore 70 miles of trails through Hitchcock Woods, 2,100 acres of protected forest. To the west in Augusta, kayakers launch from Savannah Rapids Park to paddle up and down a 19th-century canal.
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