Clarksville vs Paynesville

A side-by-side comparison of Clarksville and Paynesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Clarksville and Paynesville are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clarksville has the higher population (446 vs 49 in Paynesville). Clarksville has the higher median household income ($62,045 vs $58,750 in Paynesville). Paynesville has the higher median home value ($104,200 vs $92,500 in Clarksville).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksville	Paynesville
Population	446	49
Median age	37.7 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,045	$58,750
Median home value	$92,500	$104,200
Median gross rent	$650	—
Housing units	287	27
Homeownership rate	84.4%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksville	Paynesville
Population	432 → 446 (+3.2%)	41 → 49 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$50,852 → $62,045 (+22.0%)	$36,750 → $58,750 (+59.9%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $92,500 (+39.5%)	$85,000 → $104,200 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $650 (+35.4%)	—

Clarksville

Population

432446

Median household income

$50,852$62,045

Median home value

$66,300$92,500

Median gross rent

$480$650

Paynesville

Population

4149

Median household income

$36,750$58,750

Median home value

$85,000$104,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksville	Paynesville
Under 5	2.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	24.9%	8.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	18.4%
35 to 44	7.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	4.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.3%
65 to 74	18.2%	14.3%
75 and over	9.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksville	Paynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	75.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksville	Paynesville
No high school diploma	16.1%	19.5%
High school graduate	29.1%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksville	Paynesville
Drove alone	90.9%	87.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksville	Paynesville
1-unit, detached	64.8%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Clarksville	Paynesville
Poverty rate	4.9%	10.2%
Average household size	2.48	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	32	39
Median year structure built	1966	1976