Clarksdale vs Friars Point

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

Clarksdale and Friars Point 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 997 in Friars Point). Clarksdale has the higher median household income ($35,210 vs $21,181 in Friars Point). Clarksdale has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $54,100 in Friars Point).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksdale	Friars Point
Population	14,423	997
Median age	34.6 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,210	$21,181
Median home value	$84,200	$54,100
Median gross rent	$762	$430
Housing units	7,101	445
Homeownership rate	46.5%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	15.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksdale	Friars Point
Population	15,734 → 14,423 (-8.3%)	1,395 → 997 (-28.5%)
Median household income	$30,223 → $35,210 (+16.5%)	$20,250 → $21,181 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $84,200 (+28.7%)	$62,000 → $54,100 (-12.7%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $762 (+27.2%)	$484 → $430 (-11.2%)

Clarksdale

Population

15,73414,423

Median household income

$30,223$35,210

Median home value

$65,400$84,200

Median gross rent

$599$762

Friars Point

Population

1,395997

Median household income

$20,250$21,181

Median home value

$62,000$54,100

Median gross rent

$484$430

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksdale	Friars Point
Under 5	8.4%	10.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	25.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	10.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	7.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	6.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	6.9%
75 and over	6.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksdale	Friars Point
White (non-Hispanic)	14.9%	1.0%
Black or African American	80.8%	99.0%
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	Friars Point
No high school diploma	18.6%	23.0%
High school graduate	25.9%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksdale	Friars Point
Drove alone	75.9%	88.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	12.0%
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	Friars Point
1-unit, detached	72.5%	39.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	31.2%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Clarksdale	Friars Point
Poverty rate	40.2%	54.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1964	1992