Claiborne County vs Obion County

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

Claiborne County and Obion 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 30,570 in Obion County). Obion County has the higher median household income ($53,102 vs $46,587 in Claiborne County). Claiborne County has the higher median home value ($148,000 vs $122,700 in Obion County).

Population, income & housing

	Claiborne County	Obion County
Population	32,221	30,570
Median age	42.5 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,587	$53,102
Median home value	$148,000	$122,700
Median gross rent	$736	$770
Housing units	15,437	14,343
Homeownership rate	71.6%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claiborne County	Obion County
Population	31,732 → 32,221 (+1.5%)	30,365 → 30,570 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$36,835 → $46,587 (+26.5%)	$39,615 → $53,102 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $148,000 (+34.5%)	$91,500 → $122,700 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $736 (+16.5%)	$621 → $770 (+24.0%)

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

Obion County

Population

30,36530,570

Median household income

$39,615$53,102

Median home value

$91,500$122,700

Median gross rent

$621$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claiborne County	Obion County
Under 5	5.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.9%
75 and over	7.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claiborne County	Obion County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	79.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claiborne County	Obion County
No high school diploma	16.9%	15.0%
High school graduate	39.9%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claiborne County	Obion County
Drove alone	81.5%	84.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.4%	3.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claiborne County	Obion County
1-unit, detached	66.6%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Claiborne County	Obion County
Poverty rate	18.2%	17.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1987	1975