Claiborne County vs Wilkinson County

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

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

Claiborne County has the higher population (8,908 vs 8,376 in Wilkinson County). Wilkinson County has the higher median household income ($35,930 vs $34,371 in Claiborne County). Claiborne County has the higher median home value ($80,800 vs $80,200 in Wilkinson County).

Population, income & housing

	Claiborne County	Wilkinson County
Population	8,908	8,376
Median age	33.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$34,371	$35,930
Median home value	$80,800	$80,200
Median gross rent	$651	$674
Housing units	3,949	4,600
Homeownership rate	75.2%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claiborne County	Wilkinson County
Population	9,089 → 8,908 (-2.0%)	8,875 → 8,376 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$29,338 → $34,371 (+17.2%)	$27,313 → $35,930 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $80,800 (+19.7%)	$70,300 → $80,200 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $651 (+4.5%)	$561 → $674 (+20.1%)

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

Wilkinson County

Population

8,8758,376

Median household income

$27,313$35,930

Median home value

$70,300$80,200

Median gross rent

$561$674

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claiborne County	Wilkinson County
Under 5	6.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	20.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.6%
75 and over	6.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claiborne County	Wilkinson County
White (non-Hispanic)	10.8%	27.8%
Black or African American	86.1%	67.2%
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%	2.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claiborne County	Wilkinson County
No high school diploma	16.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	30.6%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claiborne County	Wilkinson County
Drove alone	84.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.4%
Public transit	0.2%	1.8%
Walked	8.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	10.5%
Other means	0.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claiborne County	Wilkinson County
1-unit, detached	57.5%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.9%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Claiborne County	Wilkinson County
Poverty rate	27.2%	28.2%
Average household size	2.76	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1981	1982