Clarksville vs Detroit

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

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

Clarksville has the higher population (2,864 vs 546 in Detroit). Detroit has the higher median household income ($42,500 vs $26,364 in Clarksville). Detroit has the higher median home value ($91,700 vs $50,100 in Clarksville).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksville	Detroit
Population	2,864	546
Median age	51.0 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$26,364	$42,500
Median home value	$50,100	$91,700
Median gross rent	$809	$542
Housing units	1,605	279
Homeownership rate	48.3%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksville	Detroit
Population	3,145 → 2,864 (-8.9%)	1,037 → 546 (-47.3%)
Median household income	$32,128 → $26,364 (-17.9%)	$33,068 → $42,500 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$39,200 → $50,100 (+27.8%)	$64,200 → $91,700 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $809 (+26.6%)	$467 → $542 (+16.1%)

Clarksville

Population

3,1452,864

Median household income

$32,128$26,364

Median home value

$39,200$50,100

Median gross rent

$639$809

Detroit

Population

1,037546

Median household income

$33,068$42,500

Median home value

$64,200$91,700

Median gross rent

$467$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksville	Detroit
Under 5	11.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	11.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	13.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	8.5%	6.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	19.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	15.5%	8.4%
75 and over	13.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksville	Detroit
White (non-Hispanic)	39.5%	76.9%
Black or African American	54.2%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksville	Detroit
No high school diploma	10.6%	12.3%
High school graduate	54.7%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksville	Detroit
Drove alone	78.5%	83.5%
Carpooled	6.4%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	2.3%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksville	Detroit
1-unit, detached	75.3%	44.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	35.8%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Clarksville	Detroit
Poverty rate	36.7%	28.9%
Average household size	2.02	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	29	49
Median year structure built	1975	1982