City safety & data profile

ClarksvilleTN

Clarksville, TN is a 167K-resident city in Montgomery County with a median household income of $69,303.

Montgomery County, Tennessee. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Clarksville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Clarksville has a population larger than 96% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $263,600, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

167K
Population (place)
Top 4%
By size
$69,303
Median income (place)
$263,600
Median home (place)
12.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Clarksville

Clarksville posts a median household income higher than 36% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Clarksville area.

Bottom 37%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Clarksville

Where Clarksville income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$69,303 Bottom 36% higher than 36% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Clarksville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TN

Population among 58 TN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Memphis is the largest TN city on this list; Brentwood leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TN

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Brentwood posts the highest place-level median income in TN; Memphis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Clarksville, TN beyond the headline numbers

Clarksville sits inside Montgomery County, Tennessee, at roughly 36.53°N, -87.36°W. Population 166,722, $69,303 median household income. Median home value $263,600, median rent $1,307. Poverty rate 12.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Clarksville, 1/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Clarksville, TN stands at 12.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Clarksville costs roughly 3.8 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Remote work covers 8.5% of Clarksville workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 45.8% in Clarksville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Clarksville's median age is 31 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Clarksville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
166,722
Clarksville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$69,303
-22% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$263,600
-36% vs avg
Median Age (place)
31
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Montgomery County): Clarksville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
234K+32%
Median Income
$75,613+52%
Median Home Value
$280,200+98%
Poverty Rate
11.3%-31%
Unemployment
4.5%-50%

Economics

Economics indicators for Clarksville, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,307/mo
Poverty Rate
12.3%
Unemployment 4.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 29.9%
Work From Home 8.5%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 58.2%
African American 22.3%
Asian 2.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
45.8%
Obesity
39.3%
High Blood Pressure
33.7%
Physical Inactivity
24.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.4%
Binge Drinking
16.5%
Current Smoking
16.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.3%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.4%
Current Asthma
11.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 57.5%
Annual Checkup 76.2%

Other Measures

Diabetes
11%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.7%
Stroke
2.8%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
1/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
TENNOVA HEALTHCARE - CLARKSVILLE
CLARKSVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
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What alerts and safety updates affect Clarksville?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Clarksville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TN-CLARKSVILLE-TN · Clarksville

Clarksville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Clarksville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Tennessee state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Clarksville, TN? ▼
Clarksville, TN has a population of 166,722 people, located in Montgomery County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Clarksville? ▼
The median household income in Clarksville, TN is $69,303 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12.3%.
What is the median home value in Clarksville? ▼
The median home value in Clarksville, TN is $263,600. Median rent is $1,307/month.
What are the top health concerns in Clarksville? ▼
The top health indicators in Clarksville include Short Sleep Duration (45.8%), Obesity (39.3%), High Blood Pressure (33.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Clarksville? ▼
Clarksville has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 1/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Clarksville? ▼
The median age in Clarksville, TN is 31 years. 29.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Clarksville, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (12.3% here).

Garden Grove, CA 12.3% Fullerton, CA 12.3% Charleston, SC 12.3% Sheboygan, WI 12.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($69,303 here).

Parma, OH $69,295 Fullerton, PA $69,317 Verde Village, AZ $69,331 Monroe, WI $69,334

Compare Clarksville with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Fort Campbell North, KY 14K Hopkinsville, KY 32K Dickson, TN 15K Springfield, TN 17K Goodlettsville, TN 17K Nashville, TN 689K White House, TN 11K Brentwood, TN 42K
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Using Clarksville's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Clarksville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Clarksville against Tennessee peers on any ranking lens. Explore Tennessee

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Montgomery County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.