About Clarksville

Clarksville is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 7,734 people and just one neighborhood, Clarksville is the 140th largest community in Maryland.

Clarksville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 94.19% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Clarksville is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clarksville who work in management occupations (23.97%), office and administrative support jobs (12.82%), and sales jobs (10.54%).

Also of interest is that Clarksville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 8.97% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Clarksville is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Clarksville is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Clarksville a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Clarksville has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Clarksville's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Clarksville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Clarksville, the average commute to work is 31.76 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Clarksville is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Clarksville isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.2% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

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

Clarksville Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Clarksville is a pretty powerful place. 64.17% of the adults in Clarksville have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Clarksville in 2000 was $41,684, which is wealthy relative to Maryland and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,736 for a family of four. However, Clarksville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Clarksville is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Clarksville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Clarksville is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Clarksville include German, Irish, Italian, English, Polish, and Russian.

The languages spoken by people in Clarksville are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Clarksville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Chinese, and Other Indic languages.