Clarks vs Grayson

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

Clarks and Grayson 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 568 in Grayson). Grayson has the higher median household income ($55,250 vs $28,938 in Clarks). Grayson has the higher median home value ($108,800 vs $56,800 in Clarks).

Population, income & housing

	Clarks	Grayson
Population	708	568
Median age	37.4 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$28,938	$55,250
Median home value	$56,800	$108,800
Median gross rent	$780	$867
Housing units	219	244
Homeownership rate	71.3%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarks	Grayson
Population	847 → 708 (-16.4%)	568 → 568 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$28,056 → $28,938 (+3.1%)	$42,125 → $55,250 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $56,800 (-3.4%)	$78,400 → $108,800 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $780 (+1.7%)	$630 → $867 (+37.6%)

Clarks

Population

847708

Median household income

$28,056$28,938

Median home value

$58,800$56,800

Median gross rent

$767$780

Grayson

Population

568568

Median household income

$42,125$55,250

Median home value

$78,400$108,800

Median gross rent

$630$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarks	Grayson
Under 5	6.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	11.7%	33.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	2.3%
25 to 34	18.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	16.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.4%
55 to 64	22.3%	6.3%
65 to 74	4.2%	10.0%
75 and over	3.4%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarks	Grayson
White (non-Hispanic)	46.9%	77.5%
Black or African American	41.9%	20.1%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarks	Grayson
No high school diploma	29.3%	10.5%
High school graduate	42.8%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarks	Grayson
Drove alone	95.7%	73.6%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarks	Grayson
1-unit, detached	67.1%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	32.9%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Clarks	Grayson
Poverty rate	24.1%	26.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1974	1982