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Real estate businesses in Claiborne County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Claiborne County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #379 of 2,229 scored counties
#32 of 77 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 19
- 2 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $178.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,032 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 217
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.8
- 64% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,229
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,032 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Claiborne County spend about $178.8M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2.2 times the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.
Claiborne County has 19 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.8, 64% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Claiborne County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 1,961 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 97 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Claiborne County grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Claiborne County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #379 of 2,229 scored counties and #32 of 77 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Claiborne County compares
The same measures for Tennessee and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Claiborne County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.8 | 36.7 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 217 | 93 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,961 | 736 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.2% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,032 | $14,833 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $49,379 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $706K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 97Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 192 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The 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 real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors 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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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hickman County, TN | 80 | 5 | 5.3 | 620 | +5.0% | #18 of 2,229 |
| 2Hawkins County, TN | 80 | 17 | 7.2 | 430 | +5.0% | #19 of 2,229 |
| 3Union County, TN | 80 | 6 | 7.6 | 421 | +8.1% | #20 of 2,229 |
| 4Fayette County, TN | 80 | 21 | 12.2 | 297 | +7.7% | #25 of 2,229 |
| 5Smith County, TN | 80 | 9 | 11.3 | 295 | +5.1% | #26 of 2,229 |
| 6Bedford County, TN | 77 | 31 | 15.9 | 209 | +9.7% | #74 of 2,229 |
| 7Polk County, TN | 76 | 7 | 9.4 | 343 | +5.9% | #81 of 2,229 |
| 8Gibson County, TN | 75 | 23 | 11.3 | 283 | +2.7% | #104 of 2,229 |
| 9Grainger County, TN | 74 | 7 | 7.2 | 418 | +9.2% | #119 of 2,229 |
| 10Sequatchie County, TN | 74 | 6 | 9.7 | 322 | +12.7% | #123 of 2,229 |
| 32Claiborne County, TN | 65 | 19 | 13.8 | 217 | +3.6% | #379 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Claiborne County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in Claiborne County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 real estate businesses in Claiborne County. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 97 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Claiborne County, TN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $178.8M a year, or $13,032 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 19 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.2 times the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in. 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 real estate businesses?
Claiborne County has 13.8 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 217, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Claiborne County would have about 41, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,961 households, against one for every 414 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 65 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #379 of 2,229 scored counties.
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