Clarks Hill vs Lafayette

A side-by-side comparison of Clarks Hill and Lafayette: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lafayette has the higher population (70,650 vs 706 in Clarks Hill). Lafayette has the higher median household income ($52,946 vs $45,875 in Clarks Hill). Lafayette has the higher median home value ($157,600 vs $98,200 in Clarks Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Clarks Hill	Lafayette
Population	706	70,650
Median age	34.0 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,875	$52,946
Median home value	$98,200	$157,600
Median gross rent	$644	$1,039
Housing units	321	33,911
Homeownership rate	67.8%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarks Hill	Lafayette
Population	763 → 706 (-7.5%)	72,581 → 70,650 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$36,429 → $45,875 (+25.9%)	$46,374 → $52,946 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$69,800 → $98,200 (+40.7%)	$114,800 → $157,600 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $644 (-5.7%)	$817 → $1,039 (+27.2%)

Clarks Hill

Population

763706

Median household income

$36,429$45,875

Median home value

$69,800$98,200

Median gross rent

$683$644

Lafayette

Population

72,58170,650

Median household income

$46,374$52,946

Median home value

$114,800$157,600

Median gross rent

$817$1,039

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarks Hill	Lafayette
Under 5	7.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	23.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	3.5%	11.1%
25 to 34	17.4%	17.8%
35 to 44	5.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.8%
75 and over	5.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarks Hill	Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	71.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarks Hill	Lafayette
No high school diploma	8.9%	11.1%
High school graduate	51.4%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarks Hill	Lafayette
Drove alone	82.9%	79.9%
Carpooled	11.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.5%	7.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarks Hill	Lafayette
1-unit, detached	75.1%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	16.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Clarks Hill	Lafayette
Poverty rate	16.9%	17.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1957	1970