Clarksville vs South Hill

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

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

South Hill has the higher population (4,737 vs 1,723 in Clarksville). Clarksville has the higher median household income ($62,969 vs $58,633 in South Hill). Clarksville has the higher median home value ($208,200 vs $182,100 in South Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksville	South Hill
Population	1,723	4,737
Median age	50.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,969	$58,633
Median home value	$208,200	$182,100
Median gross rent	$692	$1,121
Housing units	988	2,464
Homeownership rate	69.0%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksville	South Hill
Population	1,389 → 1,723 (+24.0%)	4,377 → 4,737 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$38,875 → $62,969 (+62.0%)	$32,765 → $58,633 (+79.0%)
Median home value	$151,100 → $208,200 (+37.8%)	$153,900 → $182,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $692 (+0.4%)	$731 → $1,121 (+53.4%)

Clarksville

Population

1,3891,723

Median household income

$38,875$62,969

Median home value

$151,100$208,200

Median gross rent

$689$692

South Hill

Population

4,3774,737

Median household income

$32,765$58,633

Median home value

$153,900$182,100

Median gross rent

$731$1,121

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksville	South Hill
Under 5	5.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	6.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	18.1%	12.8%
75 and over	13.8%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksville	South Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	43.8%
Black or African American	19.6%	41.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.5%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksville	South Hill
No high school diploma	5.2%	13.2%
High school graduate	25.1%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksville	South Hill
Drove alone	72.3%	89.7%
Carpooled	13.2%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	5.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksville	South Hill
1-unit, detached	75.5%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	11.5%
20 or more units	1.2%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Clarksville	South Hill
Poverty rate	15.7%	19.7%
Average household size	2.14	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1965	1977