26.6%
Under age 18
More than one quarter of Clarksville is made up of children and teenagers.
CLARKSVILLE AT HEART
A growing city.
A gospel-sized opportunity.
Clarksville is becoming larger, younger, and more diverse. Growth brings opportunity, but it also brings transition, isolation, family strain, and neighbors whose needs can remain invisible. We believe loving our city means seeing both.
A CITY IN MOTION
Growth changes more than a skyline.
It changes neighborhoods, schools, churches, marriages, friendships, and the number of people who arrive without deep roots. Clarksville's numbers describe a city with extraordinary promise and a real need for belonging.
31.7
Median age
Clarksville is substantially younger than Tennessee overall.
17.5%
Moved in the prior year
A highly mobile city creates constant opportunities for welcome, friendship, and community.
21,508
Veterans
Military life shapes Clarksville through service, deployment, transition, and family sacrifice.
THE SPIRITUAL LANDSCAPE
Many churches.
Still a mission field.
The 2020 U.S. Religion Census counted 244 congregations in Montgomery County and 104,475 adherents, equal to 47.5% of the county's population.
That does not mean the remaining 52.5% can simply be labeled “unchurched.” Religious bodies define and report adherents differently, and not every faith community reports in the same way. But the contrast still matters: the presence of church buildings is not the same thing as every neighbor being known, discipled, connected, or reached.
For us, that is not a criticism of the church. It is an invitation to serve alongside faithful local churches and help extend care beyond their walls.
GROWTH IS NOT THE SAME AS FLOURISHING
Behind the numbers are households.
A growing city can still contain marriages under pressure, children without stable homes, widows carrying grief alone, young families far from extended support, and neighbors who have no church community at all.
6.9
Recorded divorces per 1,000 residents
TCCY's 2023 Montgomery County profile reported 1,471 recorded divorces; the statewide rate shown in that profile was 3.2 per 1,000.
265
Children remaining in state custody
Reported in the same TCCY county profile. Children in state custody are not necessarily orphans, but each represents a child and family facing significant disruption.
Statistics are indicators, not identities. We use them to understand where care may be needed, never to reduce people to numbers.
WHAT SCRIPTURE CALLS US TO
God does not let us love a city from a distance.
Biblical faith moves toward people. It protects the vulnerable, honors covenant, strengthens households, welcomes the stranger, and seeks the good of the place God has given us to call home.
James 1:27 · Psalm 68:5–6
Move toward the vulnerable.
Scripture gives special attention to orphans, widows, the lonely, and those without ordinary forms of protection. Christian compassion is meant to become concrete.
Genesis 2:24 · Ephesians 5:25, 33
Strengthen marriages and families.
Marriage does not save, but God designed covenant faithfulness, sacrificial love, parenting, and household discipleship to matter deeply for human flourishing.
Jeremiah 29:7 · Matthew 5:16
Seek the good of our city.
We want Clarksville to experience Christians who pray for their city, serve their neighbors, practice generosity, and make the love of Christ visible.
But stronger families are not the gospel.
Jesus Christ is our hope. Our deepest need is reconciliation to God, and that reconciliation comes through Christ's death and resurrection, not through better behavior or a perfect home. The gospel then creates a people who love sacrificially, bear one another's burdens, welcome the lonely, care for the vulnerable, and pursue restoration. That is the kind of good news we want to make tangible in Clarksville.
THE GAP WE WANT TO HELP CLOSE
Between a need
and a neighbor.
The Whitby Foundation exists in the space between what a family is carrying and the care that could help them move forward.
We want to help connect struggling marriages to biblical care, vulnerable families to practical support, newcomers to community, generosity to real needs, and people who feel far from God to Christians who will love them well and point them to Christ.
We do not exist to replace the local church, professional services, or public agencies. We want to serve faithfully alongside them, filling practical gaps where we can and helping people take the next right step.
Marriage & family care
Christ-centered support for couples and families who need biblical wisdom, practical tools, and someone willing to walk with them.
Care for the vulnerable
Practical generosity directed toward widows, children and families in crisis, foster and kinship situations, and neighbors carrying needs they cannot meet alone.
Church & community partnership
Working with local churches, ministries, organizations, and neighbors rather than duplicating what others already do well.
Gospel presence
Serving without hiding why we serve: because Christ loved us first, and His love compels us to move toward others.
JOIN THE WORK
There is a place for you in this work.
Whether through prayer, service, partnership, or generosity, you can help make the love of Christ tangible in Clarksville.
01 · SERVICE
Serve
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02 · PARTNERSHIP
Partner
Connect your church or organization with our mission.
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03 · GENEROSITY
Give
Support biblical care and practical generosity.
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04 · PRAYER
Pray
Join us in praying for Clarksville and its families.
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Interested in serving or partnering? Send us a note.
This is an initial expression of interest, not a commitment. Tell us how you would like to help, and we can begin a conversation.
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PRAY FOR OUR CITY
Join us in this weekly prayer for Clarksville.
Once each week, wherever you are, pray these words with us for the city we are honored to call home.
Father, You are a Father to the fatherless and a defender of widows. We ask You to bless Clarksville and teach us to seek the good of this city.
Strengthen marriages, give wisdom and endurance to parents, protect children, comfort widows and the lonely, sustain military families through every transition, and give Your churches courage, unity, and compassion.
Draw those who are far from You to Jesus Christ, and make us a people who do not merely speak of Your love but make it tangible through truth, mercy, generosity, and service. Use our homes, our churches, and our hands for Your glory and for the good of our neighbors. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Data Notes & Sources
Population, growth, youth share and related city data: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts. Median age, mobility and veteran estimates: 2024 American Community Survey data via Census Reporter. Congregations and religious-adherent figures: 2020 U.S. Religion Census. Divorce and state-custody figures: Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, Montgomery County 2023 Profile. Different datasets use different years and definitions; the page labels older figures rather than presenting them as current-year counts.