Clarksdale vs Lula

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

Clarksdale and Lula 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 218 in Lula). Lula has the higher median household income ($38,333 vs $35,210 in Clarksdale). Clarksdale has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $63,300 in Lula).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksdale	Lula
Population	14,423	218
Median age	34.6 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,210	$38,333
Median home value	$84,200	$63,300
Median gross rent	$762	$325
Housing units	7,101	123
Homeownership rate	46.5%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksdale	Lula
Population	15,734 → 14,423 (-8.3%)	245 → 218 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$30,223 → $35,210 (+16.5%)	$27,321 → $38,333 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $84,200 (+28.7%)	$47,000 → $63,300 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $762 (+27.2%)	$264 → $325 (+23.1%)

Clarksdale

Population

15,73414,423

Median household income

$30,223$35,210

Median home value

$65,400$84,200

Median gross rent

$599$762

Lula

Population

245218

Median household income

$27,321$38,333

Median home value

$47,000$63,300

Median gross rent

$264$325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksdale	Lula
Under 5	8.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	0.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	16.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	8.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	19.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	17.9%
75 and over	6.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksdale	Lula
White (non-Hispanic)	14.9%	10.6%
Black or African American	80.8%	89.4%
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	Lula
No high school diploma	18.6%	30.8%
High school graduate	25.9%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksdale	Lula
Drove alone	75.9%	87.4%
Carpooled	11.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksdale	Lula
1-unit, detached	72.5%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Clarksdale	Lula
Poverty rate	40.2%	28.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1964	1978