Claiborne County vs Tunica County

A side-by-side comparison of Claiborne County and Tunica County: population, income, housing, and more.

Claiborne County and Tunica County are counties in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tunica County has the higher population (9,586 vs 8,908 in Claiborne County). Tunica County has the higher median household income ($38,402 vs $34,371 in Claiborne County). Tunica County has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $80,800 in Claiborne County).

Population, income & housing

	Claiborne County	Tunica County
Population	8,908	9,586
Median age	33.8 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$34,371	$38,402
Median home value	$80,800	$154,500
Median gross rent	$651	$938
Housing units	3,949	4,712
Homeownership rate	75.2%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claiborne County	Tunica County
Population	9,089 → 8,908 (-2.0%)	9,988 → 9,586 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$29,338 → $34,371 (+17.2%)	$39,370 → $38,402 (-2.5%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $80,800 (+19.7%)	$107,100 → $154,500 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $651 (+4.5%)	$785 → $938 (+19.5%)

Claiborne County

Population

9,0898,908

Median household income

$29,338$34,371

Median home value

$67,500$80,800

Median gross rent

$623$651

Tunica County

Population

9,9889,586

Median household income

$39,370$38,402

Median home value

$107,100$154,500

Median gross rent

$785$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claiborne County	Tunica County
Under 5	6.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	20.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	9.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.2%
75 and over	6.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claiborne County	Tunica County
White (non-Hispanic)	10.8%	18.2%
Black or African American	86.1%	79.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claiborne County	Tunica County
No high school diploma	16.3%	18.1%
High school graduate	30.6%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claiborne County	Tunica County
Drove alone	84.2%	82.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	14.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	8.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claiborne County	Tunica County
1-unit, detached	57.5%	44.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	21.4%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Claiborne County	Tunica County
Poverty rate	27.2%	33.8%
Average household size	2.76	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1981	1994