Henry vs Wenona

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

Henry and Wenona 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 1,006 in Wenona). Henry has the higher median household income ($63,894 vs $40,921 in Wenona). Henry has the higher median home value ($115,900 vs $88,900 in Wenona).

Population, income & housing

	Henry	Wenona
Population	2,478	1,006
Median age	40.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,894	$40,921
Median home value	$115,900	$88,900
Median gross rent	$674	$785
Housing units	1,067	542
Homeownership rate	71.4%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henry	Wenona
Population	2,658 → 2,478 (-6.8%)	1,065 → 1,006 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$54,408 → $63,894 (+17.4%)	$44,444 → $40,921 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $115,900 (+21.6%)	$96,400 → $88,900 (-7.8%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $674 (+27.7%)	$610 → $785 (+28.7%)

Henry

Population

2,6582,478

Median household income

$54,408$63,894

Median home value

$95,300$115,900

Median gross rent

$528$674

Wenona

Population

1,0651,006

Median household income

$44,444$40,921

Median home value

$96,400$88,900

Median gross rent

$610$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henry	Wenona
Under 5	9.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	7.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	16.0%
75 and over	7.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henry	Wenona
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henry	Wenona
No high school diploma	8.8%	12.5%
High school graduate	39.9%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henry	Wenona
Drove alone	85.6%	91.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henry	Wenona
1-unit, detached	86.6%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Henry	Wenona
Poverty rate	14.9%	21.1%
Average household size	2.48	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1960	1950