About Clarksburg

Clarksburg is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 1,291 people and just one neighborhood, Clarksburg is the 660th largest community in California. Much of the housing stock in Clarksburg was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Clarksburg is a blue-collar town, with 48.9% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Clarksburg is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clarksburg who work in office and administrative support jobs (9.10%), management occupations (8.80%), and farm management (8.18%).

Another important characteristic of Clarksburg is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Clarksburg are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Being a small town, Clarksburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Clarksburg Information and Demographics

The education level of Clarksburg citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 18.90% of adults in Clarksburg have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Clarksburg in 2000 was $20,276, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $81,104 for a family of four.

Clarksburg is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Clarksburg home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Clarksburg is White, followed by Asian. Clarksburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 45.08% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Clarksburg include English, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Scottish, Polish, and Irish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Clarksburg's cultural character, accounting for 27.65% of the town's population.

The most common language spoken in Clarksburg is English. Some people also speak Spanish.