Clarke County vs Jasper County

A side-by-side comparison of Clarke County and Jasper County: population, income, housing, and more.

Clarke County and Jasper County are counties in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jasper County has the higher population (16,211 vs 15,424 in Clarke County). Jasper County has the higher median household income ($47,157 vs $46,054 in Clarke County). Jasper County has the higher median home value ($118,600 vs $114,300 in Clarke County).

Population, income & housing

	Clarke County	Jasper County
Population	15,424	16,211
Median age	42.6 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,054	$47,157
Median home value	$114,300	$118,600
Median gross rent	$803	$809
Housing units	7,635	8,097
Homeownership rate	84.1%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarke County	Jasper County
Population	15,770 → 15,424 (-2.2%)	16,505 → 16,211 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$43,207 → $46,054 (+6.6%)	$35,872 → $47,157 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$84,900 → $114,300 (+34.6%)	$79,000 → $118,600 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $803 (+20.0%)	$578 → $809 (+40.0%)

Clarke County

Population

15,77015,424

Median household income

$43,207$46,054

Median home value

$84,900$114,300

Median gross rent

$669$803

Jasper County

Population

16,50516,211

Median household income

$35,872$47,157

Median home value

$79,000$118,600

Median gross rent

$578$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarke County	Jasper County
Under 5	6.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.3%
75 and over	9.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarke County	Jasper County
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	44.6%
Black or African American	34.4%	53.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarke County	Jasper County
No high school diploma	13.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	33.3%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarke County	Jasper County
Drove alone	83.9%	90.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	1.5%
Other means	2.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarke County	Jasper County
1-unit, detached	69.4%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	27.2%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Clarke County	Jasper County
Poverty rate	19.2%	18.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1985	1989