Clarksville is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,876 people and two associated neighborhoods, Clarksville is the 535th largest community in Texas.
A relatively large number of people in Clarksville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.36% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Clarksville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Clarksville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Clarksville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Clarksville may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Clarksville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Clarksville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.89% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Clarksville in 2022 was $16,692, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,768 for a family of four. Clarksville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.74% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Clarksville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Clarksville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clarksville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Clarksville include English, Irish, African, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Clarksville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.