Clarks Mills vs Valders

A side-by-side comparison of Clarks Mills and Valders: population, income, housing, and more.

Clarks Mills and Valders are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Valders has the higher population (871 vs 86 in Clarks Mills). Clarks Mills has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $149,600 in Valders). Since 2019, Valders's population has grown faster (-3.0% vs -38.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Clarks Mills	Valders
Population	86	871
Median age	38.5 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$71,964
Median home value	$156,300	$149,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,000
Housing units	45	384
Homeownership rate	100.0%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarks Mills	Valders
Population	139 → 86 (-38.1%)	898 → 871 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$59,583 → $83,125 (+39.5%)	$54,375 → $71,964 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $156,300 (+5.0%)	$111,900 → $149,600 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$795 → $1,000 (+25.8%)

Clarks Mills

Population

13986

Median household income

$59,583$83,125

Median home value

$148,900$156,300

Valders

Population

898871

Median household income

$54,375$71,964

Median home value

$111,900$149,600

Median gross rent

$795$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarks Mills	Valders
Under 5	7.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	22.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	7.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	3.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	31.4%	6.0%
75 and over	11.6%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarks Mills	Valders
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarks Mills	Valders
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	44.6%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarks Mills	Valders
Drove alone	76.7%	78.4%
Carpooled	16.7%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarks Mills	Valders
1-unit, detached	100.0%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Clarks Mills	Valders
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.0%
Average household size	1.91	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1961	1970