Banks Springs vs Clarks

A side-by-side comparison of Banks Springs and Clarks: population, income, housing, and more.

Banks Springs and Clarks are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Banks Springs has the higher population (1,432 vs 708 in Clarks). Clarks has the higher median household income ($28,938 vs $22,240 in Banks Springs). Banks Springs has the higher median home value ($70,400 vs $56,800 in Clarks).

Population, income & housing

	Banks Springs	Clarks
Population	1,432	708
Median age	30.3 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$22,240	$28,938
Median home value	$70,400	$56,800
Median gross rent	$340	$780
Housing units	592	219
Homeownership rate	39.8%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Banks Springs	Clarks
Population	1,142 → 1,432 (+25.4%)	847 → 708 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$22,188 → $22,240 (+0.2%)	$28,056 → $28,938 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$52,900 → $70,400 (+33.1%)	$58,800 → $56,800 (-3.4%)
Median gross rent	$441 → $340 (-22.9%)	$767 → $780 (+1.7%)

Banks Springs

Population

1,1421,432

Median household income

$22,188$22,240

Median home value

$52,900$70,400

Median gross rent

$441$340

Clarks

Population

847708

Median household income

$28,056$28,938

Median home value

$58,800$56,800

Median gross rent

$767$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Banks Springs	Clarks
Under 5	1.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	11.7%
18 to 24	3.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	39.1%	18.2%
35 to 44	6.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	8.1%	22.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	4.2%
75 and over	5.4%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Banks Springs	Clarks
White (non-Hispanic)	24.6%	46.9%
Black or African American	67.9%	41.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Banks Springs	Clarks
No high school diploma	30.7%	29.3%
High school graduate	45.2%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Banks Springs	Clarks
Drove alone	89.3%	95.7%
Carpooled	1.3%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	9.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Banks Springs	Clarks
1-unit, detached	35.8%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.6%	32.9%

Poverty & households

	Banks Springs	Clarks
Poverty rate	56.8%	24.1%
Average household size	2.99	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1988	1974