Big Bass Lake vs Clarks Green

A side-by-side comparison of Big Bass Lake and Clarks Green: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Bass Lake and Clarks Green are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clarks Green has the higher population (1,594 vs 1,388 in Big Bass Lake). Clarks Green has the higher median household income ($94,318 vs $54,785 in Big Bass Lake). Clarks Green has the higher median home value ($274,000 vs $193,100 in Big Bass Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bass Lake	Clarks Green
Population	1,388	1,594
Median age	47.9 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,785	$94,318
Median home value	$193,100	$274,000
Median gross rent	$1,022	$1,573
Housing units	1,403	721
Homeownership rate	89.9%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	55.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bass Lake	Clarks Green
Population	1,099 → 1,388 (+26.3%)	1,564 → 1,594 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$56,944 → $54,785 (-3.8%)	$72,708 → $94,318 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $193,100 (+7.6%)	$224,400 → $274,000 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,356 → $1,022 (-24.6%)	$1,135 → $1,573 (+38.6%)

Big Bass Lake

Population

1,0991,388

Median household income

$56,944$54,785

Median home value

$179,500$193,100

Median gross rent

$1,356$1,022

Clarks Green

Population

1,5641,594

Median household income

$72,708$94,318

Median home value

$224,400$274,000

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bass Lake	Clarks Green
Under 5	2.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	22.0%	15.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.0%
75 and over	10.3%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bass Lake	Clarks Green
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	89.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bass Lake	Clarks Green
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	44.5%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	28.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bass Lake	Clarks Green
Drove alone	83.1%	81.0%
Carpooled	11.2%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bass Lake	Clarks Green
1-unit, detached	90.0%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Bass Lake	Clarks Green
Poverty rate	9.1%	3.5%
Average household size	2.59	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1984	1959