Charlestown vs Clarksville

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

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

Clarksville has the higher population (22,121 vs 8,118 in Charlestown). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($77,548 vs $58,518 in Clarksville). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($191,200 vs $172,700 in Clarksville).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Clarksville
Population	8,118	22,121
Median age	36.3 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,548	$58,518
Median home value	$191,200	$172,700
Median gross rent	$903	$1,031
Housing units	3,322	10,058
Homeownership rate	73.7%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Clarksville
Population	8,199 → 8,118 (-1.0%)	21,548 → 22,121 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$45,278 → $77,548 (+71.3%)	$45,440 → $58,518 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $191,200 (+40.1%)	$119,300 → $172,700 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $903 (+19.1%)	$821 → $1,031 (+25.6%)

Charlestown

Population

8,1998,118

Median household income

$45,278$77,548

Median home value

$136,500$191,200

Median gross rent

$758$903

Clarksville

Population

21,54822,121

Median household income

$45,440$58,518

Median home value

$119,300$172,700

Median gross rent

$821$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Clarksville
Under 5	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	17.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.7%
75 and over	4.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Clarksville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	70.8%
Black or African American	4.0%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Clarksville
No high school diploma	13.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	31.8%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Clarksville
Drove alone	86.8%	79.3%
Carpooled	3.8%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.5%	8.5%
Other means	2.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Clarksville
1-unit, detached	76.0%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	12.1%
20 or more units	6.1%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Clarksville
Poverty rate	10.6%	12.7%
Average household size	2.65	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1983	1970