Clarks Hill vs Shadeland

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

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

Shadeland has the higher population (2,257 vs 706 in Clarks Hill). Shadeland has the higher median household income ($88,125 vs $45,875 in Clarks Hill). Shadeland has the higher median home value ($261,300 vs $98,200 in Clarks Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Clarks Hill	Shadeland
Population	706	2,257
Median age	34.0 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,875	$88,125
Median home value	$98,200	$261,300
Median gross rent	$644	$1,073
Housing units	321	861
Homeownership rate	67.8%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarks Hill	Shadeland
Population	763 → 706 (-7.5%)	1,913 → 2,257 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$36,429 → $45,875 (+25.9%)	$75,069 → $88,125 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$69,800 → $98,200 (+40.7%)	$182,800 → $261,300 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $644 (-5.7%)	$819 → $1,073 (+31.0%)

Clarks Hill

Population

763706

Median household income

$36,429$45,875

Median home value

$69,800$98,200

Median gross rent

$683$644

Shadeland

Population

1,9132,257

Median household income

$75,069$88,125

Median home value

$182,800$261,300

Median gross rent

$819$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarks Hill	Shadeland
Under 5	7.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	23.7%	20.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	17.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	5.7%	17.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	7.6%
75 and over	5.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarks Hill	Shadeland
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarks Hill	Shadeland
No high school diploma	8.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	51.4%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarks Hill	Shadeland
Drove alone	82.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	11.8%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	16.3%
Other means	2.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarks Hill	Shadeland
1-unit, detached	75.1%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Clarks Hill	Shadeland
Poverty rate	16.9%	13.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1957	1983