Clarksville is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Clarksville enrolled in college, Clarksville has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Clarksville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.86 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Clarksville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Clarksville citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.79% of adults 25 and older in Clarksville have a college degree.
The per capita income in Clarksville in 2022 was $23,336, which is lower middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,344 for a family of four. However, Clarksville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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 White, followed by Asian. Clarksville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.43% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Clarksville include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Welsh.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Clarksville's cultural character, accounting for 15.89% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Clarksville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
