Clarksville vs Jeffersonville

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

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

Jeffersonville has the higher population (50,176 vs 22,121 in Clarksville). Jeffersonville has the higher median household income ($70,157 vs $58,518 in Clarksville). Jeffersonville has the higher median home value ($208,500 vs $172,700 in Clarksville).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksville	Jeffersonville
Population	22,121	50,176
Median age	38.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,518	$70,157
Median home value	$172,700	$208,500
Median gross rent	$1,031	$1,090
Housing units	10,058	23,027
Homeownership rate	60.2%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksville	Jeffersonville
Population	21,548 → 22,121 (+2.7%)	47,673 → 50,176 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$45,440 → $58,518 (+28.8%)	$56,223 → $70,157 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$119,300 → $172,700 (+44.8%)	$136,900 → $208,500 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $1,031 (+25.6%)	$856 → $1,090 (+27.3%)

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

Jeffersonville

Population

47,67350,176

Median household income

$56,223$70,157

Median home value

$136,900$208,500

Median gross rent

$856$1,090

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksville	Jeffersonville
Under 5	6.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.7%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	17.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.5%
75 and over	7.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksville	Jeffersonville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	73.8%
Black or African American	7.5%	12.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksville	Jeffersonville
No high school diploma	15.5%	7.6%
High school graduate	32.7%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksville	Jeffersonville
Drove alone	79.3%	75.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	8.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.5%	13.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksville	Jeffersonville
1-unit, detached	59.3%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	9.4%
20 or more units	11.9%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Clarksville	Jeffersonville
Poverty rate	12.7%	11.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1970	1981