Clarks vs Columbia

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

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

Clarks has the higher population (708 vs 337 in Columbia). Columbia has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $28,938 in Clarks). Columbia has the higher median home value ($113,100 vs $56,800 in Clarks).

Population, income & housing

	Clarks	Columbia
Population	708	337
Median age	37.4 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$28,938	$50,000
Median home value	$56,800	$113,100
Median gross rent	$780	$778
Housing units	219	171
Homeownership rate	71.3%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarks	Columbia
Population	847 → 708 (-16.4%)	423 → 337 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$28,056 → $28,938 (+3.1%)	$42,083 → $50,000 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $56,800 (-3.4%)	$67,400 → $113,100 (+67.8%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $780 (+1.7%)	$720 → $778 (+8.1%)

Clarks

Population

847708

Median household income

$28,056$28,938

Median home value

$58,800$56,800

Median gross rent

$767$780

Columbia

Population

423337

Median household income

$42,083$50,000

Median home value

$67,400$113,100

Median gross rent

$720$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarks	Columbia
Under 5	6.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.7%	29.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	18.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	16.0%	20.8%
45 to 54	9.7%	5.6%
55 to 64	22.3%	9.8%
65 to 74	4.2%	5.0%
75 and over	3.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarks	Columbia
White (non-Hispanic)	46.9%	74.2%
Black or African American	41.9%	22.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	1.8%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarks	Columbia
No high school diploma	29.3%	14.9%
High school graduate	42.8%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarks	Columbia
Drove alone	95.7%	75.2%
Carpooled	3.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarks	Columbia
1-unit, detached	67.1%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	32.9%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Clarks	Columbia
Poverty rate	24.1%	2.2%
Average household size	2.60	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1974	1963