Clarksville may be one of the oldest cities in Tennessee, but it’s full of new jobs, new businesses and loads of new people call Clarksville home.

Younger families are settling down in Clarksville…the average age of Clarksville’s residents is 30, making it one of the youngest of Tennessee’s cities. So many hiking trails at state and local parks, boating and fishing on the Cumberland River and rock climbing at King’s Bluff. Clarksville’s downtown is charming but yet ever growing…there’s the Roxy Theatre, which opened in 1947, An awesome museum and tons of shopping. Clarksville is a long-running Money favorite: In 2019, Money named it the best place to live in the U.S.

In the five years since we were #1 on that list, our community has experienced meteoric growth, largely in the form of big investments by companies like LG Chem, which is building a 420-acre EV battery plant in the city. Last year, the city broke ground on two solar farms expected to provide clean energy to over 1,000 households. Over the next four years, a prediction that Clarksville’s job market will grow 9% — twice the national average.

(Video courtesy of Clarksville Vacations)