Clarksville is home to 22,016 people in Indiana. 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $179,700. There are 2,193 people per square mile. Getting to work takes 19 minutes on average. 8% of residents were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $60,467, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
22% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Clarksville
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate9.3% → 16.5%(+7.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
White share94.8% → 70.1%(−24.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share3.5% → 8.7%(+5.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Clarksville's population equals 18% of Clark County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 34% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 29% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)15.9%(186)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)26.5%(310)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era28.5%(334)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.7%(78)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,171 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Clarksville, decade by decade
Clarksville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
19,833
$60,895
$115,683
9.8%
12.6
2000
21,400
$64,620
$153,930
13.3%
25.3
2010
21,724
$56,719
$159,106
14.2%
39.7
2020
22,333
$56,882
$155,868
17.2%
54.1
2024
22,016
$60,467
$179,700
21.6%
59.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
