Claiborne County vs Henry County

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

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

Henry County has the higher population (32,345 vs 32,221 in Claiborne County). Henry County has the higher median household income ($48,540 vs $46,587 in Claiborne County). Claiborne County has the higher median home value ($148,000 vs $145,200 in Henry County).

Population, income & housing

	Claiborne County	Henry County
Population	32,221	32,345
Median age	42.5 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,587	$48,540
Median home value	$148,000	$145,200
Median gross rent	$736	$741
Housing units	15,437	17,044
Homeownership rate	71.6%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claiborne County	Henry County
Population	31,732 → 32,221 (+1.5%)	32,284 → 32,345 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$36,835 → $46,587 (+26.5%)	$40,502 → $48,540 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $148,000 (+34.5%)	$103,300 → $145,200 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $736 (+16.5%)	$643 → $741 (+15.2%)

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

Henry County

Population

32,28432,345

Median household income

$40,502$48,540

Median home value

$103,300$145,200

Median gross rent

$643$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claiborne County	Henry County
Under 5	5.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	13.9%
75 and over	7.6%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claiborne County	Henry County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claiborne County	Henry County
No high school diploma	16.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	39.9%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claiborne County	Henry County
Drove alone	81.5%	83.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	2.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	5.0%
Other means	0.3%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claiborne County	Henry County
1-unit, detached	66.6%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Claiborne County	Henry County
Poverty rate	18.2%	18.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1987	1983