Claiborne County vs Giles County

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

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

Claiborne County has the higher population (32,221 vs 30,442 in Giles County). Giles County has the higher median household income ($61,476 vs $46,587 in Claiborne County). Giles County has the higher median home value ($204,100 vs $148,000 in Claiborne County).

Population, income & housing

	Claiborne County	Giles County
Population	32,221	30,442
Median age	42.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,587	$61,476
Median home value	$148,000	$204,100
Median gross rent	$736	$836
Housing units	15,437	14,104
Homeownership rate	71.6%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claiborne County	Giles County
Population	31,732 → 32,221 (+1.5%)	29,285 → 30,442 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$36,835 → $46,587 (+26.5%)	$49,614 → $61,476 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $148,000 (+34.5%)	$129,700 → $204,100 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $736 (+16.5%)	$660 → $836 (+26.7%)

Claiborne County

Population

31,73232,221

Median household income

$36,835$46,587

Median home value

$110,000$148,000

Median gross rent

$632$736

Giles County

Population

29,28530,442

Median household income

$49,614$61,476

Median home value

$129,700$204,100

Median gross rent

$660$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claiborne County	Giles County
Under 5	5.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.4%
75 and over	7.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claiborne County	Giles County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claiborne County	Giles County
No high school diploma	16.9%	12.4%
High school graduate	39.9%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claiborne County	Giles County
Drove alone	81.5%	83.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.4%	5.6%
Other means	0.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claiborne County	Giles County
1-unit, detached	66.6%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Claiborne County	Giles County
Poverty rate	18.2%	14.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1987	1980