Clarksville vs Parkersburg

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

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

Parkersburg has the higher population (1,747 vs 1,248 in Clarksville). Parkersburg has the higher median household income ($73,482 vs $55,781 in Clarksville). Parkersburg has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $114,200 in Clarksville).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksville	Parkersburg
Population	1,248	1,747
Median age	44.6 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,781	$73,482
Median home value	$114,200	$200,000
Median gross rent	$747	$695
Housing units	605	886
Homeownership rate	76.1%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksville	Parkersburg
Population	1,347 → 1,248 (-7.3%)	1,940 → 1,747 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$49,318 → $55,781 (+13.1%)	$55,304 → $73,482 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $114,200 (+15.4%)	$153,800 → $200,000 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $747 (+27.3%)	$572 → $695 (+21.5%)

Clarksville

Population

1,3471,248

Median household income

$49,318$55,781

Median home value

$99,000$114,200

Median gross rent

$587$747

Parkersburg

Population

1,9401,747

Median household income

$55,304$73,482

Median home value

$153,800$200,000

Median gross rent

$572$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksville	Parkersburg
Under 5	2.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	6.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	16.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	16.2%	8.9%
75 and over	10.3%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksville	Parkersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksville	Parkersburg
No high school diploma	9.8%	5.0%
High school graduate	42.9%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksville	Parkersburg
Drove alone	87.3%	86.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	9.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksville	Parkersburg
1-unit, detached	88.9%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarksville	Parkersburg
Poverty rate	16.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1949	1977