Clarksdale vs Lyon

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

Clarksdale and Lyon 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 361 in Lyon). Lyon has the higher median household income ($92,083 vs $35,210 in Clarksdale). Lyon has the higher median home value ($129,400 vs $84,200 in Clarksdale).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksdale	Lyon
Population	14,423	361
Median age	34.6 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,210	$92,083
Median home value	$84,200	$129,400
Median gross rent	$762	$864
Housing units	7,101	161
Homeownership rate	46.5%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	45.1%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksdale	Lyon
Population	15,734 → 14,423 (-8.3%)	400 → 361 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$30,223 → $35,210 (+16.5%)	$52,656 → $92,083 (+74.9%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $84,200 (+28.7%)	$105,600 → $129,400 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $762 (+27.2%)	$625 → $864 (+38.2%)

Clarksdale

Population

15,73414,423

Median household income

$30,223$35,210

Median home value

$65,400$84,200

Median gross rent

$599$762

Lyon

Population

400361

Median household income

$52,656$92,083

Median home value

$105,600$129,400

Median gross rent

$625$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksdale	Lyon
Under 5	8.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	8.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	20.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.2%
75 and over	6.2%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksdale	Lyon
White (non-Hispanic)	14.9%	67.6%
Black or African American	80.8%	29.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.4%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksdale	Lyon
No high school diploma	18.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	25.9%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksdale	Lyon
Drove alone	75.9%	89.8%
Carpooled	11.3%	4.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.8%
Worked from home	11.3%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksdale	Lyon
1-unit, detached	72.5%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarksdale	Lyon
Poverty rate	40.2%	3.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	18	13
Median year structure built	1964	1975