Henry vs Lacon

A side-by-side comparison of Henry and Lacon: population, income, housing, and more.

Henry and Lacon are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Henry has the higher population (2,478 vs 1,768 in Lacon). Henry has the higher median household income ($63,894 vs $60,750 in Lacon). Henry has the higher median home value ($115,900 vs $111,700 in Lacon).

Population, income & housing

	Henry	Lacon
Population	2,478	1,768
Median age	40.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,894	$60,750
Median home value	$115,900	$111,700
Median gross rent	$674	$811
Housing units	1,067	804
Homeownership rate	71.4%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henry	Lacon
Population	2,658 → 2,478 (-6.8%)	1,759 → 1,768 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$54,408 → $63,894 (+17.4%)	$52,448 → $60,750 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $115,900 (+21.6%)	$85,700 → $111,700 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $674 (+27.7%)	$757 → $811 (+7.1%)

Henry

Population

2,6582,478

Median household income

$54,408$63,894

Median home value

$95,300$115,900

Median gross rent

$528$674

Lacon

Population

1,7591,768

Median household income

$52,448$60,750

Median home value

$85,700$111,700

Median gross rent

$757$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henry	Lacon
Under 5	9.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.6%
75 and over	7.8%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henry	Lacon
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henry	Lacon
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.8%
High school graduate	39.9%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henry	Lacon
Drove alone	85.6%	87.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henry	Lacon
1-unit, detached	86.6%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Henry	Lacon
Poverty rate	14.9%	14.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1960	1956