Clarksdale vs Jonestown

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

Clarksdale and Jonestown 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 941 in Jonestown). Clarksdale has the higher median household income ($35,210 vs $20,900 in Jonestown). Clarksdale has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $60,300 in Jonestown).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksdale	Jonestown
Population	14,423	941
Median age	34.6 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,210	$20,900
Median home value	$84,200	$60,300
Median gross rent	$762	$261
Housing units	7,101	436
Homeownership rate	46.5%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	27.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksdale	Jonestown
Population	15,734 → 14,423 (-8.3%)	1,047 → 941 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$30,223 → $35,210 (+16.5%)	$17,016 → $20,900 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $84,200 (+28.7%)	$42,100 → $60,300 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $762 (+27.2%)	$388 → $261 (-32.7%)

Clarksdale

Population

15,73414,423

Median household income

$30,223$35,210

Median home value

$65,400$84,200

Median gross rent

$599$762

Jonestown

Population

1,047941

Median household income

$17,016$20,900

Median home value

$42,100$60,300

Median gross rent

$388$261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksdale	Jonestown
Under 5	8.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	24.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	5.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	18.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.5%
75 and over	6.2%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksdale	Jonestown
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	Jonestown
No high school diploma	18.6%	16.6%
High school graduate	25.9%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksdale	Jonestown
Drove alone	75.9%	86.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksdale	Jonestown
1-unit, detached	72.5%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	38.1%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Clarksdale	Jonestown
Poverty rate	40.2%	60.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1964	1986