Clinton vs Damascus

A side-by-side comparison of Clinton and Damascus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clinton has the higher population (2,506 vs 397 in Damascus). Damascus has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $41,447 in Clinton). Damascus has the higher median home value ($139,100 vs $121,300 in Clinton).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Damascus
Population	2,506	397
Median age	47.9 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,447	$64,167
Median home value	$121,300	$139,100
Median gross rent	$710	$800
Housing units	1,408	149
Homeownership rate	63.3%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Damascus
Population	2,547 → 2,506 (-1.6%)	431 → 397 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$35,965 → $41,447 (+15.2%)	$42,500 → $64,167 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$113,600 → $121,300 (+6.8%)	$112,500 → $139,100 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$418 → $710 (+69.9%)	$769 → $800 (+4.0%)

Clinton

Population

2,5472,506

Median household income

$35,965$41,447

Median home value

$113,600$121,300

Median gross rent

$418$710

Damascus

Population

431397

Median household income

$42,500$64,167

Median home value

$112,500$139,100

Median gross rent

$769$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton	Damascus
Under 5	4.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	6.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	16.5%	23.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.6%
75 and over	10.5%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Damascus
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	73.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	23.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Damascus
No high school diploma	14.8%	5.1%
High school graduate	45.9%	56.4%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Damascus
Drove alone	75.4%	71.7%
Carpooled	19.8%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	13.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Damascus
1-unit, detached	73.2%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	4.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Damascus
Poverty rate	23.2%	28.5%
Average household size	2.12	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1979	1983