The overall crime rate in Clarksville is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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.
Being a small city, Clarksville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Clarksville has a very low overall level of education: only 9.85% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Clarksville in 2022 was $17,824, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,296 for a family of four.
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, African, Irish, German, and European.
The most common language spoken in Clarksville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
