Clarksville is a relatively large city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 185,690 people and 41 associated neighborhoods, Clarksville is the fifth largest community in Tennessee. Clarksville has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Clarksville, where the median household income is $69,303.00.Clarksville is a military town: the armed forces employs 7.79% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Healthcare and Retail are important in the local economy and are the city’s largest civilian employers, employing 14.50% and 13.35% of the civilian workforce respectively. Also of interest is that Clarksville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Clarksville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.46% 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. In terms of college education, Clarksville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.93% of adults in Clarksville have a college degree. The per capita income in Clarksville in 2022 was $32,565, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,260 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 Black or African-American. Clarksville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.88% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Clarksville include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Clarksville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
