Clarksville vs La Crosse

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

Clarksville and La Crosse 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 530 in La Crosse). Clarksville has the higher median household income ($62,969 vs $35,938 in La Crosse). Clarksville has the higher median home value ($208,200 vs $105,000 in La Crosse).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksville	La Crosse
Population	1,723	530
Median age	50.3 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,969	$35,938
Median home value	$208,200	$105,000
Median gross rent	$692	$966
Housing units	988	286
Homeownership rate	69.0%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksville	La Crosse
Population	1,389 → 1,723 (+24.0%)	535 → 530 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$38,875 → $62,969 (+62.0%)	$37,841 → $35,938 (-5.0%)
Median home value	$151,100 → $208,200 (+37.8%)	$85,300 → $105,000 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $692 (+0.4%)	$680 → $966 (+42.1%)

Clarksville

Population

1,3891,723

Median household income

$38,875$62,969

Median home value

$151,100$208,200

Median gross rent

$689$692

La Crosse

Population

535530

Median household income

$37,841$35,938

Median home value

$85,300$105,000

Median gross rent

$680$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksville	La Crosse
Under 5	5.5%	1.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	27.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	8.9%	2.5%
35 to 44	6.6%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.2%
65 to 74	18.1%	6.0%
75 and over	13.8%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksville	La Crosse
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	40.4%
Black or African American	19.6%	25.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	33.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksville	La Crosse
No high school diploma	5.2%	22.2%
High school graduate	25.1%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksville	La Crosse
Drove alone	72.3%	91.9%
Carpooled	13.2%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	2.0%
Other means	0.7%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksville	La Crosse
1-unit, detached	75.5%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	4.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Clarksville	La Crosse
Poverty rate	15.7%	35.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1965	1961