Clarksville vs Palo

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

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

Palo has the higher population (409 vs 403 in Clarksville). Clarksville has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $34,403 in Palo). Clarksville has the higher median home value ($169,800 vs $92,600 in Palo).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksville	Palo
Population	403	409
Median age	38.0 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$34,403
Median home value	$169,800	$92,600
Median gross rent	$435	—
Housing units	177	119
Homeownership rate	71.9%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksville	Palo
Population	357 → 403 (+12.9%)	431 → 409 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$54,219 → $69,375 (+28.0%)	$36,042 → $34,403 (-4.5%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $169,800 (+44.6%)	$85,300 → $92,600 (+8.6%)
Median gross rent	$358 → $435 (+21.5%)	$833 → $965 (+15.8%)

Clarksville

Population

357403

Median household income

$54,219$69,375

Median home value

$117,400$169,800

Median gross rent

$358$435

Palo

Population

431409

Median household income

$36,042$34,403

Median home value

$85,300$92,600

Median gross rent

$833$965

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksville	Palo
Under 5	5.7%	10.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	24.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	13.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	29.8%
35 to 44	19.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	2.9%
55 to 64	7.9%	2.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	1.2%
75 and over	6.9%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksville	Palo
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksville	Palo
No high school diploma	10.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	48.8%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksville	Palo
Drove alone	71.2%	29.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	64.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksville	Palo
1-unit, detached	75.7%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Clarksville	Palo
Poverty rate	9.7%	18.3%
Average household size	2.41	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	43
Median year structure built	1963	1938