Clarksville vs Shell Rock

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

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

Shell Rock has the higher population (1,634 vs 1,248 in Clarksville). Shell Rock has the higher median household income ($70,556 vs $55,781 in Clarksville). Shell Rock has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $114,200 in Clarksville).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksville	Shell Rock
Population	1,248	1,634
Median age	44.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,781	$70,556
Median home value	$114,200	$159,100
Median gross rent	$747	$750
Housing units	605	666
Homeownership rate	76.1%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksville	Shell Rock
Population	1,347 → 1,248 (-7.3%)	1,445 → 1,634 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$49,318 → $55,781 (+13.1%)	$57,750 → $70,556 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $114,200 (+15.4%)	$118,900 → $159,100 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $747 (+27.3%)	$548 → $750 (+36.9%)

Clarksville

Population

1,3471,248

Median household income

$49,318$55,781

Median home value

$99,000$114,200

Median gross rent

$587$747

Shell Rock

Population

1,4451,634

Median household income

$57,750$70,556

Median home value

$118,900$159,100

Median gross rent

$548$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksville	Shell Rock
Under 5	2.8%	8.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	16.2%	10.0%
75 and over	10.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksville	Shell Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksville	Shell Rock
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.3%
High school graduate	42.9%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksville	Shell Rock
Drove alone	87.3%	90.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	4.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksville	Shell Rock
1-unit, detached	88.9%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarksville	Shell Rock
Poverty rate	16.0%	6.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1949	1955