Clarks Hill vs West Lafayette

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

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

West Lafayette has the higher population (44,802 vs 706 in Clarks Hill). Clarks Hill has the higher median household income ($45,875 vs $33,497 in West Lafayette). West Lafayette has the higher median home value ($318,100 vs $98,200 in Clarks Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Clarks Hill	West Lafayette
Population	706	44,802
Median age	34.0 yrs	21.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,875	$33,497
Median home value	$98,200	$318,100
Median gross rent	$644	$1,152
Housing units	321	16,309
Homeownership rate	67.8%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	71.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarks Hill	West Lafayette
Population	763 → 706 (-7.5%)	48,551 → 44,802 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$36,429 → $45,875 (+25.9%)	$34,650 → $33,497 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$69,800 → $98,200 (+40.7%)	$224,000 → $318,100 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $644 (-5.7%)	$912 → $1,152 (+26.3%)

Clarks Hill

Population

763706

Median household income

$36,429$45,875

Median home value

$69,800$98,200

Median gross rent

$683$644

West Lafayette

Population

48,55144,802

Median household income

$34,650$33,497

Median home value

$224,000$318,100

Median gross rent

$912$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarks Hill	West Lafayette
Under 5	7.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	23.7%	6.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	61.1%
25 to 34	17.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	5.7%	4.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	4.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	4.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	3.6%
75 and over	5.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarks Hill	West Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	66.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	20.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarks Hill	West Lafayette
No high school diploma	8.9%	2.6%
High school graduate	51.4%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	43.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarks Hill	West Lafayette
Drove alone	82.9%	49.0%
Carpooled	11.8%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	5.6%
Walked	0.7%	24.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.4%
Worked from home	2.5%	12.5%
Other means	2.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarks Hill	West Lafayette
1-unit, detached	75.1%	32.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	31.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	27.7%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Clarks Hill	West Lafayette
Poverty rate	16.9%	37.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1957	1990