Henagar vs Rainsville

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

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

Rainsville has the higher population (5,613 vs 2,554 in Henagar). Rainsville has the higher median household income ($64,140 vs $44,922 in Henagar). Rainsville has the higher median home value ($207,800 vs $118,100 in Henagar).

Population, income & housing

	Henagar	Rainsville
Population	2,554	5,613
Median age	32.7 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,922	$64,140
Median home value	$118,100	$207,800
Median gross rent	$714	$647
Housing units	904	2,452
Homeownership rate	71.7%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henagar	Rainsville
Population	2,184 → 2,554 (+16.9%)	5,041 → 5,613 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$39,506 → $44,922 (+13.7%)	$33,295 → $64,140 (+92.6%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $118,100 (+30.1%)	$109,000 → $207,800 (+90.6%)
Median gross rent	$559 → $714 (+27.7%)	$569 → $647 (+13.7%)

Henagar

Population

2,1842,554

Median household income

$39,506$44,922

Median home value

$90,800$118,100

Median gross rent

$559$714

Rainsville

Population

5,0415,613

Median household income

$33,295$64,140

Median home value

$109,000$207,800

Median gross rent

$569$647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henagar	Rainsville
Under 5	6.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	19.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	9.0%	7.4%
45 to 54	9.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	17.0%	18.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	18.5%
75 and over	6.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henagar	Rainsville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henagar	Rainsville
No high school diploma	16.3%	17.0%
High school graduate	46.5%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henagar	Rainsville
Drove alone	61.5%	93.2%
Carpooled	27.3%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henagar	Rainsville
1-unit, detached	76.0%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Henagar	Rainsville
Poverty rate	19.4%	15.7%
Average household size	3.17	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1977	1992