Aplington vs Clarksville

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

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

Clarksville has the higher population (1,248 vs 1,012 in Aplington). Aplington has the higher median household income ($70,093 vs $55,781 in Clarksville). Aplington has the higher median home value ($131,800 vs $114,200 in Clarksville).

Population, income & housing

	Aplington	Clarksville
Population	1,012	1,248
Median age	37.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,093	$55,781
Median home value	$131,800	$114,200
Median gross rent	$650	$747
Housing units	444	605
Homeownership rate	84.8%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aplington	Clarksville
Population	968 → 1,012 (+4.5%)	1,347 → 1,248 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$56,186 → $70,093 (+24.8%)	$49,318 → $55,781 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $131,800 (+43.1%)	$99,000 → $114,200 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $650 (+8.5%)	$587 → $747 (+27.3%)

Aplington

Population

9681,012

Median household income

$56,186$70,093

Median home value

$92,100$131,800

Median gross rent

$599$650

Clarksville

Population

1,3471,248

Median household income

$49,318$55,781

Median home value

$99,000$114,200

Median gross rent

$587$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aplington	Clarksville
Under 5	11.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	6.8%	8.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	16.2%
75 and over	12.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aplington	Clarksville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aplington	Clarksville
No high school diploma	5.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	38.3%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aplington	Clarksville
Drove alone	84.9%	87.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	5.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aplington	Clarksville
1-unit, detached	86.7%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	2.8%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Aplington	Clarksville
Poverty rate	7.0%	16.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1960	1949