Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With 2,833 people, 1,139 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $56,596, house prices in Clarksville are some of the most affordable in Texas as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Clarksville, accounting for 73.88% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Clarksville include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 11.58%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.93%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 5.86%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Clarksville are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 55.50% owning and 44.50% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Clarksville built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Clarksville built between 1940-1969 ( 29.01%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 17.57%). There's also some housing in Clarksville built between 2000 and later ( 5.79%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Clarksville. Fully 21.50% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Clarksville homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Clarksville real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Clarksville's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Clarksville during the period has been just 5.43%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
Over the last year, Clarksville appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Clarksville's appreciation rate has been 4.45%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Clarksville were at 1.51%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 6.17%.
Relative to Texas, our data show that Clarksville's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 50% of the other cities and towns in Texas.
$56,596
for Texas
for nation
1,139
$1,051 / per month