Joy vs North Henderson

A side-by-side comparison of Joy and North Henderson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Joy has the higher population (377 vs 204 in North Henderson). North Henderson has the higher median household income ($71,563 vs $64,583 in Joy). Joy has the higher median home value ($82,300 vs $75,000 in North Henderson).

Population, income & housing

	Joy	North Henderson
Population	377	204
Median age	37.6 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,583	$71,563
Median home value	$82,300	$75,000
Median gross rent	$885	—
Housing units	181	94
Homeownership rate	81.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joy	North Henderson
Population	384 → 377 (-1.8%)	174 → 204 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$43,438 → $64,583 (+48.7%)	$66,250 → $71,563 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $82,300 (+27.0%)	$55,000 → $75,000 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $885 (+24.1%)	$663 → $800 (+20.7%)

Joy

Population

384377

Median household income

$43,438$64,583

Median home value

$64,800$82,300

Median gross rent

$713$885

North Henderson

Population

174204

Median household income

$66,250$71,563

Median home value

$55,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$663$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joy	North Henderson
Under 5	10.1%	1.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	18.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	15.9%	16.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	6.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.8%
75 and over	7.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joy	North Henderson
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joy	North Henderson
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.9%
High school graduate	55.5%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joy	North Henderson
Drove alone	83.5%	96.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	3.6%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joy	North Henderson
1-unit, detached	82.9%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Joy	North Henderson
Poverty rate	15.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	42	29
Median year structure built	1955	1938