Tazewell County vs Warren County

A side-by-side comparison of Tazewell County and Warren County: population, income, housing, and more.

Tazewell County and Warren County are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Warren County has the higher population (41,104 vs 39,933 in Tazewell County). Warren County has the higher median household income ($84,331 vs $45,788 in Tazewell County). Warren County has the higher median home value ($315,800 vs $116,100 in Tazewell County).

Population, income & housing

	Tazewell County	Warren County
Population	39,933	41,104
Median age	45.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,788	$84,331
Median home value	$116,100	$315,800
Median gross rent	$738	$1,199
Housing units	19,804	16,936
Homeownership rate	73.0%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tazewell County	Warren County
Population	41,603 → 39,933 (-4.0%)	39,492 → 41,104 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$42,099 → $45,788 (+8.8%)	$69,116 → $84,331 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$99,700 → $116,100 (+16.4%)	$244,800 → $315,800 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $738 (+12.5%)	$1,020 → $1,199 (+17.5%)

Tazewell County

Population

41,60339,933

Median household income

$42,099$45,788

Median home value

$99,700$116,100

Median gross rent

$656$738

Warren County

Population

39,49241,104

Median household income

$69,116$84,331

Median home value

$244,800$315,800

Median gross rent

$1,020$1,199

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tazewell County	Warren County
Under 5	4.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.4%
75 and over	9.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tazewell County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	82.4%
Black or African American	3.3%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tazewell County	Warren County
No high school diploma	12.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	39.9%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tazewell County	Warren County
Drove alone	82.5%	73.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.8%	11.3%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tazewell County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	68.4%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	22.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Tazewell County	Warren County
Poverty rate	19.3%	11.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	40
Median year structure built	1974	1985