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Gas stations in Claiborne County, TN

How Claiborne County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #929 of 2,358 scored counties
#54 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
25
22 chain locations (88%)
Official establishments
17
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$43.4M
On gasoline and other fuels · $3,162 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.2
67% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,229
+3.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $3,162 per household (22% above the U.S. average), households in Claiborne County spend about $43.4M a year on gasoline and other fuels. Spread across 25 gas stations, that is $1.7M per station, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Claiborne County has 25 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 22 are chain locations, or 88%, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 18.2 for every 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Claiborne County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 807 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Claiborne County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gas stations in Claiborne County is 56 (upper middle), #929 of 2,358 scored counties and #54 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Claiborne County compares

The same measures for Tennessee and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Gas stations in Claiborne County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureClaiborne CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.214.410.9
Spending per listing$1.7M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment8078211,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.8%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$3,162$3,038$2,595
Median household income$49,379$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score5657

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 17
Employees, 2023
108
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2522 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Claiborne County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Claiborne County

Population, 2025 estimate
33,229+3.6% since 2020
Households
13,724
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
435 sq. mi.
People per square mile
75
Median household income
$49,379+34.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,389
Median home value
$159,900
Jobs located here
8,786
Daytime population
28,737Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for gas stations, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Claiborne County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Williamson County, TN92748.0$4.2M+9.0%#15 of 2,358
2Bledsoe County, TN85612.4$2.8M+6.5%#78 of 2,358
3Rutherford County, TN8413310.3$3.1M+12.6%#87 of 2,358
4Montgomery County, TN83869.8$3.2M+13.0%#96 of 2,358
5Wilson County, TN836711.3$2.9M+17.8%#98 of 2,358
6Hickman County, TN831212.7$2.8M+5.0%#100 of 2,358
7Macon County, TN821212.7$2.8M+9.5%#118 of 2,358
8Sumner County, TN809912.6$2.6M+9.2%#154 of 2,358
9Smith County, TN791012.6$2.8M+5.1%#175 of 2,358
10Loudon County, TN783313.7$2.6M+15.6%#201 of 2,358
54Claiborne County, TN562518.2$1.7M+3.6%#929 of 2,358

Other business types in Claiborne County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many gas stations are in Claiborne County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 gas stations in Claiborne County. 22 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

How much do households in Claiborne County, TN spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $43.4M a year, or $3,162 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,724 households in Claiborne County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Claiborne County, TN compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Claiborne County has 18.2 gas stations per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.7M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Claiborne County would have about 18, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 807 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Claiborne County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Claiborne County at 33,229 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,724 households. Median household income in Claiborne County is $49,379, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.1%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Claiborne County scores 56 for gas stations (upper middle), #929 of 2,358 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for gas stations · All 56 business types in Claiborne County

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