Clarksville vs Lamar

A side-by-side comparison of Clarksville and Lamar: population, income, housing, and more.

Clarksville and Lamar are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clarksville has the higher population (9,500 vs 1,826 in Lamar). Lamar has the higher median household income ($41,579 vs $37,848 in Clarksville). Clarksville has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $139,500 in Lamar).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksville	Lamar
Population	9,500	1,826
Median age	34.5 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,848	$41,579
Median home value	$159,700	$139,500
Median gross rent	$754	$575
Housing units	4,216	739
Homeownership rate	49.3%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksville	Lamar
Population	9,601 → 9,500 (-1.1%)	2,001 → 1,826 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$35,951 → $37,848 (+5.3%)	$31,625 → $41,579 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$104,900 → $159,700 (+52.2%)	$97,400 → $139,500 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $754 (+19.7%)	$515 → $575 (+11.7%)

Clarksville

Population

9,6019,500

Median household income

$35,951$37,848

Median home value

$104,900$159,700

Median gross rent

$630$754

Lamar

Population

2,0011,826

Median household income

$31,625$41,579

Median home value

$97,400$139,500

Median gross rent

$515$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksville	Lamar
Under 5	7.0%	9.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	13.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.8%
75 and over	8.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksville	Lamar
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	84.6%
Black or African American	3.4%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.6%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksville	Lamar
No high school diploma	17.1%	21.6%
High school graduate	39.2%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksville	Lamar
Drove alone	84.8%	84.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	4.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	3.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksville	Lamar
1-unit, detached	69.1%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Clarksville	Lamar
Poverty rate	24.4%	25.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1983	1990