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SheetTX-CLARKSVILLE-TX · Clarksville, TX 2,864 pop · income 2nd pct · 5 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Clarksville
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Clarksville on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Patillas zona… · lowest
14,398
Patillas zona… · lowest
14,398 median HH income
9.1% of the leader · rank #1
El Negro comu… · near
26,354
El Negro comu… · near
26,354 median HH income
16.6% of the leader · rank #2
Clarksville · this city
26,364
Clarksville · this city
26,364 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #3
Lame Deer · near
26,364
Lame Deer · near
26,364 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #4
Vanceburg · near
26,369
Vanceburg · near
26,369 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #5
Frenchburg · near
26,375
Frenchburg · near
26,375 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #6
Shady Shores · highest
158,333
Shady Shores · highest
158,333 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Clarksville on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,864.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Clarksville - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Clarksville lands in the 2nd percentile for household income and the 96th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
2nd
percentile, household income
0th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
96th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Clarksville, TX
Texas's Clarksville is a small town, with 2,864 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Clarksville households earn a median of $26,364 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 32.0%. Typical homes in Clarksville are valued around $50,100, and the median resident age is 51.0 years. Educational attainment runs 12.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 36.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 12 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Low Activity). Clarksville reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 173.3 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 63.0°F with 49.4 inches of precipitation per year.
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 97.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,149 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $223 across Texas, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Clarksville's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to climate and hazard context to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to reported crime to housing and income to population change to within-city variation; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Clarksville, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Clarksville?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 12.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
What physical conditions frame life in Clarksville?
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 63.0°F, with 49.4 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Texas is 49.0 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Clarksville?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Shady Shores (2,860 residents, $158,333 income); Brazoria (2,859 residents, $51,354 income); Midway South (2,858 residents, $76,768 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Eutaw, AL (2,864 residents); Dodge Center, MN (2,864 residents); Tazewell, TN (2,864 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What can 5 Census tracts reveal inside Clarksville?
PlainCities matches 5 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Clarksville?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 78.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Drive alone
78.5%
Work from home
12.4%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 817 workers age 16+.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Clarksville?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 173.3 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 92% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
173.3
Violent rate
34.7
Property rate
138.6
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
How far does income reach against housing in Clarksville?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 32.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
1.9×
Home value
$50,100
Household income
$26,364
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Is Clarksville growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +64 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 12 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
2,844
2025 estimate
2,908
Period change
+2.3%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 32.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
F
City profile score · Clarksville, TX
30/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Violent crime A
35 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living C-
97.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
12.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$26,364
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
32.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Clarksville profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 88/100 (A) · 35 /100k
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Bachelor's+ share: 14/100 (F) · 12.9%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $26,364
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 32.0%
Where Clarksville sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Clarksville's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Clarksville highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Clarksville, TX (this city): home $50,100, crime 173/100k
Eutaw, AL : home $98,300, crime 3,358/100k
Tazewell, TN : home $163,900, crime 1,570/100k
Pearisburg, VA : home $160,200, crime 2,138/100k
Fayetteville, WV : home $165,000, crime 2,562/100k
Brazoria, TX : home $168,800, crime 1,440/100k
Poteet, TX : home $108,900, crime 1,799/100k
South Padre Island, TX : home $498,800, crime 13,251/100k
How does Clarksville compare to other US cities?
Clarksville measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income2% higher than other cities
Home value0% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety96% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Texas alone, Clarksville ranks #26 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Clarksville against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Texas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Texas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Clarksville near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Clarksville ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Clarksville only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,499 of 1,520
1st percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#1,463 of 1,505
3rd percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#110 of 1,663
93rd percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,085 of 1,663
34th percentile in Texas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Texas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
2nd percentile nationally for median household income · 96th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Clarksville's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Clarksville's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Clarksville's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$50,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 100% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Clarksville's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#1,307 of 15,516
More affordable than 92% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,261 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.9×, Clarksville sits in the affordable band:
national rank #1,307 of 15,516 and #1,261 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$26,364Clarksville, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Clarksville, TX median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Clarksville, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)12.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)32.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)36.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,864
Median Income
$26,364
Median Home Value
$50,100
Median Age
51.0
Poverty Rate
32.0%
Labor force participation
36.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
12.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
173.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
34.7
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
138.6
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
63.0°F
Annual Precipitation
49.4"
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Clarksville's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,844 residents
2021
2,839 residents
2022
2,841 residents
2023
2,873 residents
2024
2,910 residents
2025
2,908 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Low Activity
Total Permits (2024)
12
housing units authorized
Single-Family
12
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
4.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
6
6
0
$0.6M
2021
12
12
0
$1.2M
2022
13
13
0
$1.3M
2023
10
10
0
$1.0M
2024
12
12
0
$1.2M
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
78.5%
Carpool
6.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
12.4%
Other
2.7%
Based on 817 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Texas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Texas at $223 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Texas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Clarksville. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Texas's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Clarksville is $1,149/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Texas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Texas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Clarksville sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Clarksville compares to similar-size Texas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.