Huntley vs McHenry

A side-by-side comparison of Huntley and McHenry: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huntley has the higher population (27,859 vs 27,774 in McHenry). McHenry has the higher median household income ($86,865 vs $86,349 in Huntley). Huntley has the higher median home value ($318,500 vs $244,900 in McHenry).

Population, income & housing

	Huntley	McHenry
Population	27,859	27,774
Median age	49.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,349	$86,865
Median home value	$318,500	$244,900
Median gross rent	$1,385	$1,508
Housing units	12,479	11,671
Homeownership rate	88.4%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntley	McHenry
Population	26,966 → 27,859 (+3.3%)	26,813 → 27,774 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$75,100 → $86,349 (+15.0%)	$75,811 → $86,865 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$251,400 → $318,500 (+26.7%)	$181,300 → $244,900 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,231 → $1,385 (+12.5%)	$1,221 → $1,508 (+23.5%)

Huntley

Population

26,96627,859

Median household income

$75,100$86,349

Median home value

$251,400$318,500

Median gross rent

$1,231$1,385

McHenry

Population

26,81327,774

Median household income

$75,811$86,865

Median home value

$181,300$244,900

Median gross rent

$1,221$1,508

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntley	McHenry
Under 5	3.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	6.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	9.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	15.0%	10.8%
75 and over	20.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntley	McHenry
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	77.7%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntley	McHenry
No high school diploma	4.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	24.7%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntley	McHenry
Drove alone	74.7%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	7.1%
Public transit	1.7%	1.5%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	12.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntley	McHenry
1-unit, detached	72.7%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	7.6%
20 or more units	4.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Huntley	McHenry
Poverty rate	7.8%	4.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	2004	1988