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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Clarksville, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Clarksville, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Clarksville’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Clarksville does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $69,303.00.

7.79% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Clarksville. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Healthcare and Retail industries respectively employ 14.50% and 13.35% of the civilian workforce.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.46% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

The overall education level of Clarksville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.93% of adults in Clarksville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

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.