Clarksville vs Fairview

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

Clarksville and Fairview 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 271 in Fairview). Since 2019, Fairview's population has grown faster (+77.1% vs +24.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksville	Fairview
Population	1,723	271
Median age	50.3 yrs	73.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,969	—
Median home value	$208,200	—
Median gross rent	$692	—
Housing units	988	74
Homeownership rate	69.0%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksville	Fairview
Population	1,389 → 1,723 (+24.0%)	153 → 271 (+77.1%)
Median household income	$38,875 → $62,969 (+62.0%)	—
Median home value	$151,100 → $208,200 (+37.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$689 → $692 (+0.4%)	—

Clarksville

Population

1,3891,723

Median household income

$38,875$62,969

Median home value

$151,100$208,200

Median gross rent

$689$692

Fairview

Population

153271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksville	Fairview
Under 5	5.5%	10.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	13.3%
25 to 34	8.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	1.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	8.9%
65 to 74	18.1%	16.2%
75 and over	13.8%	49.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksville	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	31.0%
Black or African American	19.6%	66.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksville	Fairview
No high school diploma	5.2%	34.5%
High school graduate	25.1%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksville	Fairview
Drove alone	72.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksville	Fairview
1-unit, detached	75.5%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	32.4%

Poverty & households

	Clarksville	Fairview
Poverty rate	15.7%	36.0%
Average household size	2.14	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1965	1976