Clarksville vs Sellersburg

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

Clarksville and Sellersburg 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 10,215 in Sellersburg). Sellersburg has the higher median household income ($69,851 vs $58,518 in Clarksville). Sellersburg has the higher median home value ($213,300 vs $172,700 in Clarksville).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksville	Sellersburg
Population	22,121	10,215
Median age	38.4 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,518	$69,851
Median home value	$172,700	$213,300
Median gross rent	$1,031	$1,057
Housing units	10,058	4,546
Homeownership rate	60.2%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksville	Sellersburg
Population	21,548 → 22,121 (+2.7%)	9,066 → 10,215 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$45,440 → $58,518 (+28.8%)	$62,618 → $69,851 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$119,300 → $172,700 (+44.8%)	$154,300 → $213,300 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $1,031 (+25.6%)	$999 → $1,057 (+5.8%)

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

Sellersburg

Population

9,06610,215

Median household income

$62,618$69,851

Median home value

$154,300$213,300

Median gross rent

$999$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksville	Sellersburg
Under 5	6.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	17.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	13.1%
75 and over	7.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksville	Sellersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	91.1%
Black or African American	7.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksville	Sellersburg
No high school diploma	15.5%	9.1%
High school graduate	32.7%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksville	Sellersburg
Drove alone	79.3%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	8.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksville	Sellersburg
1-unit, detached	59.3%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	5.1%
20 or more units	11.9%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Clarksville	Sellersburg
Poverty rate	12.7%	5.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1970	1981