Fort Payne vs Henagar

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Payne and Henagar: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Payne and Henagar are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Payne has the higher population (14,886 vs 2,554 in Henagar). Fort Payne has the higher median household income ($48,623 vs $44,922 in Henagar). Fort Payne has the higher median home value ($158,100 vs $118,100 in Henagar).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Payne	Henagar
Population	14,886	2,554
Median age	39.3 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,623	$44,922
Median home value	$158,100	$118,100
Median gross rent	$670	$714
Housing units	6,497	904
Homeownership rate	67.3%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Payne	Henagar
Population	14,115 → 14,886 (+5.5%)	2,184 → 2,554 (+16.9%)
Median household income	$40,273 → $48,623 (+20.7%)	$39,506 → $44,922 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$124,900 → $158,100 (+26.6%)	$90,800 → $118,100 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $670 (+12.6%)	$559 → $714 (+27.7%)

Fort Payne

Population

14,11514,886

Median household income

$40,273$48,623

Median home value

$124,900$158,100

Median gross rent

$595$670

Henagar

Population

2,1842,554

Median household income

$39,506$44,922

Median home value

$90,800$118,100

Median gross rent

$559$714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Payne	Henagar
Under 5	6.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	19.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	17.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.6%
75 and over	7.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Payne	Henagar
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	85.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	1.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Payne	Henagar
No high school diploma	19.9%	16.3%
High school graduate	28.4%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Payne	Henagar
Drove alone	73.3%	61.5%
Carpooled	17.7%	27.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	9.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Payne	Henagar
1-unit, detached	75.2%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Payne	Henagar
Poverty rate	23.5%	19.4%
Average household size	2.56	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1977	1977