Boydton vs Clarksville

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

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

Clarksville has the higher population (1,723 vs 251 in Boydton). Clarksville has the higher median household income ($62,969 vs $55,000 in Boydton). Clarksville has the higher median home value ($208,200 vs $156,300 in Boydton).

Population, income & housing

	Boydton	Clarksville
Population	251	1,723
Median age	53.1 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$62,969
Median home value	$156,300	$208,200
Median gross rent	$970	$692
Housing units	149	988
Homeownership rate	83.6%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boydton	Clarksville
Population	303 → 251 (-17.2%)	1,389 → 1,723 (+24.0%)
Median household income	$66,094 → $55,000 (-16.8%)	$38,875 → $62,969 (+62.0%)
Median home value	$147,500 → $156,300 (+6.0%)	$151,100 → $208,200 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $970 (+49.2%)	$689 → $692 (+0.4%)

Boydton

Population

303251

Median household income

$66,094$55,000

Median home value

$147,500$156,300

Median gross rent

$650$970

Clarksville

Population

1,3891,723

Median household income

$38,875$62,969

Median home value

$151,100$208,200

Median gross rent

$689$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boydton	Clarksville
Under 5	4.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	10.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	6.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	8.4%	6.6%
45 to 54	21.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	18.1%
75 and over	10.4%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boydton	Clarksville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	74.5%
Black or African American	27.1%	19.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boydton	Clarksville
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boydton	Clarksville
Drove alone	76.3%	72.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	11.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boydton	Clarksville
1-unit, detached	93.3%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Boydton	Clarksville
Poverty rate	8.8%	15.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1957	1965