Clarksdale vs Farrell

A side-by-side comparison of Clarksdale and Farrell: population, income, housing, and more.

Clarksdale and Farrell are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clarksdale has the higher population (14,423 vs 216 in Farrell). Farrell has the higher median household income ($37,007 vs $35,210 in Clarksdale). Clarksdale has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $38,400 in Farrell).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksdale	Farrell
Population	14,423	216
Median age	34.6 yrs	28.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,210	$37,007
Median home value	$84,200	$38,400
Median gross rent	$762	—
Housing units	7,101	93
Homeownership rate	46.5%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksdale	Farrell
Population	15,734 → 14,423 (-8.3%)	191 → 216 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$30,223 → $35,210 (+16.5%)	$38,430 → $37,007 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $84,200 (+28.7%)	$32,200 → $38,400 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $762 (+27.2%)	—

Clarksdale

Population

15,73414,423

Median household income

$30,223$35,210

Median home value

$65,400$84,200

Median gross rent

$599$762

Farrell

Population

191216

Median household income

$38,430$37,007

Median home value

$32,200$38,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksdale	Farrell
Under 5	8.4%	13.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	33.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	19.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	5.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	5.1%
75 and over	6.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksdale	Farrell
White (non-Hispanic)	14.9%	0.0%
Black or African American	80.8%	100.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksdale	Farrell
No high school diploma	18.6%	21.1%
High school graduate	25.9%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksdale	Farrell
Drove alone	75.9%	89.6%
Carpooled	11.3%	10.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksdale	Farrell
1-unit, detached	72.5%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	29.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarksdale	Farrell
Poverty rate	40.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1964	2002