Clarkesville is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,419 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Clarkesville is the 299th largest community in Georgia.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Clarkesville is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Clarkesville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Clarkesville who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.78%), sales jobs (10.38%), and teaching (8.82%).

Clarkesville is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Clarkesville, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.83% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Clarkesville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Clarkesville Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Clarkesville is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 22.17% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Clarkesville in 2000 was $20,265, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $81,060 for a family of four.

The people who call Clarkesville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Clarkesville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Clarkesville include English, German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Clarkesville is English.