Claiborne County vs Weakley County

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

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

Weakley County has the higher population (32,959 vs 32,221 in Claiborne County). Weakley County has the higher median household income ($49,502 vs $46,587 in Claiborne County). Claiborne County has the higher median home value ($148,000 vs $136,300 in Weakley County).

Population, income & housing

	Claiborne County	Weakley County
Population	32,221	32,959
Median age	42.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,587	$49,502
Median home value	$148,000	$136,300
Median gross rent	$736	$760
Housing units	15,437	15,028
Homeownership rate	71.6%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claiborne County	Weakley County
Population	31,732 → 32,221 (+1.5%)	33,510 → 32,959 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$36,835 → $46,587 (+26.5%)	$39,937 → $49,502 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $148,000 (+34.5%)	$97,800 → $136,300 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $736 (+16.5%)	$626 → $760 (+21.4%)

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

Weakley County

Population

33,51032,959

Median household income

$39,937$49,502

Median home value

$97,800$136,300

Median gross rent

$626$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claiborne County	Weakley County
Under 5	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	16.8%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.6%
75 and over	7.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claiborne County	Weakley County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claiborne County	Weakley County
No high school diploma	16.9%	12.0%
High school graduate	39.9%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claiborne County	Weakley County
Drove alone	81.5%	79.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	6.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	2.1%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.4%	6.8%
Other means	0.3%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claiborne County	Weakley County
1-unit, detached	66.6%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Claiborne County	Weakley County
Poverty rate	18.2%	19.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1987	1978