Clarksville, TN
Clarksville, TN-KY Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Clarksville, TN-KY Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Clarksville ranks 165th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 180th for income. A household earns $72,347 a year while median rent runs $1,260/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 9% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is cost of living (68th of 300), while commute is the soft spot (244th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 153rd and home prices 138th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Clarksville, your take-home is worth about $67,417 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 180th of 300↑35.1%$72,347
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 68th of 30091 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $79,549
- Per-capita income
- $34,527
- Full-time pay
- $44,555
Housing
- Median rent
- 153rd of 300↑39.7%$1,260/mo
- Home value
- 138th of 300↑79.5%$291,700
- Property tax
- $1,546/yr · 0.5%
- Sales tax
- 9.56%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 176th of 3004.7%
- Bachelor's+
- 236th of 30026.6%
- Avg commute
- 244th of 30027.5 min
People
- Population
- 344,003
- Population change
- +10.6%
- Median age
- 32.6 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 6.2%
- Broadband
- 93.7%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 97th of 30042
- Natural-hazard loss
- 200th of 300$15/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 193rd of 30019.8%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 11.4%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Cost of living
- + Air quality
Watch-outs
- – Education
- – Commute
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — clarksville outlaw ap.
What jobs pay in Clarksville
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $215,380
- Pharmacists
- $133,920
- Financial managers
- $133,620
- IT managers
- $125,790
- Lawyers
- $119,430
- Civil engineers
- $96,930
- Software developers
- $96,650
- Registered nurses
- $79,450
- General & operations managers
- $79,320
- Accountants & auditors
- $72,760
- Secondary school teachers
- $60,720
- Elementary school teachers
- $59,760
- Plumbers
- $58,930
- Electricians
- $58,670
- Police officers
- $57,610
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $51,470
- Carpenters
- $49,080
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $46,970
- Construction laborers
- $41,950
- Customer service reps
- $37,650
- Janitors
- $34,990
- Retail salespersons
- $29,100
- Cashiers
- $28,230
- Waiters & waitresses
- $21,790
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Clarksville metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Tennessee are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Texas2,092
- Georgia1,754
- Florida1,434
- California1,188
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Clarksville metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Clarksville metro?
- Median gross rent across the Clarksville, TN-KY Metro Area is $1,260 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Clarksville.
- What is the median household income in the Clarksville metro?
- A typical household in the Clarksville, TN-KY Metro Area earns $72,347 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Clarksville expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Clarksville, TN-KY Metro Area runs about 9% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Clarksville metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $79,549 (versus its face value of $72,347). CityLedger rates the Clarksville, TN-KY Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Clarksville metro?
- The median home value across the Clarksville, TN-KY Metro Area is $291,700 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Clarksville metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Clarksville, TN-KY Metro Area is 4.7% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).