Chase City vs Clarksville

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

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

Chase City has the higher population (2,530 vs 1,723 in Clarksville). Clarksville has the higher median household income ($62,969 vs $51,840 in Chase City). Clarksville has the higher median home value ($208,200 vs $115,400 in Chase City).

Population, income & housing

	Chase City	Clarksville
Population	2,530	1,723
Median age	41.0 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,840	$62,969
Median home value	$115,400	$208,200
Median gross rent	$594	$692
Housing units	1,445	988
Homeownership rate	69.8%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chase City	Clarksville
Population	2,568 → 2,530 (-1.5%)	1,389 → 1,723 (+24.0%)
Median household income	$30,848 → $51,840 (+68.0%)	$38,875 → $62,969 (+62.0%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $115,400 (+33.7%)	$151,100 → $208,200 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $594 (-6.0%)	$689 → $692 (+0.4%)

Chase City

Population

2,5682,530

Median household income

$30,848$51,840

Median home value

$86,300$115,400

Median gross rent

$632$594

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)

	Chase City	Clarksville
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	6.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	18.1%
75 and over	9.6%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chase City	Clarksville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.1%	74.5%
Black or African American	43.1%	19.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chase City	Clarksville
No high school diploma	19.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	38.5%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chase City	Clarksville
Drove alone	83.5%	72.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	11.3%
Other means	2.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chase City	Clarksville
1-unit, detached	87.5%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Chase City	Clarksville
Poverty rate	10.4%	15.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1959	1965