Claiborne County vs Rhea County

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

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

Rhea County has the higher population (33,299 vs 32,221 in Claiborne County). Rhea County has the higher median household income ($58,133 vs $46,587 in Claiborne County). Rhea County has the higher median home value ($178,500 vs $148,000 in Claiborne County).

Population, income & housing

	Claiborne County	Rhea County
Population	32,221	33,299
Median age	42.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,587	$58,133
Median home value	$148,000	$178,500
Median gross rent	$736	$796
Housing units	15,437	15,311
Homeownership rate	71.6%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claiborne County	Rhea County
Population	31,732 → 32,221 (+1.5%)	32,719 → 33,299 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$36,835 → $46,587 (+26.5%)	$42,206 → $58,133 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $148,000 (+34.5%)	$122,600 → $178,500 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $736 (+16.5%)	$647 → $796 (+23.0%)

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

Rhea County

Population

32,71933,299

Median household income

$42,206$58,133

Median home value

$122,600$178,500

Median gross rent

$647$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claiborne County	Rhea County
Under 5	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.9%
75 and over	7.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claiborne County	Rhea County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claiborne County	Rhea County
No high school diploma	16.9%	15.9%
High school graduate	39.9%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claiborne County	Rhea County
Drove alone	81.5%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	10.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	6.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claiborne County	Rhea County
1-unit, detached	66.6%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Claiborne County	Rhea County
Poverty rate	18.2%	15.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1987	1991