Centertown vs McHenry

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

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

McHenry has the higher population (355 vs 347 in Centertown). Centertown has the higher median household income ($46,875 vs $39,583 in McHenry). Centertown has the higher median home value ($91,800 vs $74,600 in McHenry).

Population, income & housing

	Centertown	McHenry
Population	347	355
Median age	39.5 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$39,583
Median home value	$91,800	$74,600
Median gross rent	$919	$673
Housing units	136	161
Homeownership rate	75.8%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centertown	McHenry
Population	507 → 347 (-31.6%)	309 → 355 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$42,917 → $46,875 (+9.2%)	$38,250 → $39,583 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $91,800 (+21.9%)	$50,600 → $74,600 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $919 (+36.1%)	$694 → $673 (-3.0%)

Centertown

Population

507347

Median household income

$42,917$46,875

Median home value

$75,300$91,800

Median gross rent

$675$919

McHenry

Population

309355

Median household income

$38,250$39,583

Median home value

$50,600$74,600

Median gross rent

$694$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centertown	McHenry
Under 5	9.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	10.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	17.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	16.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	19.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.1%
75 and over	9.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centertown	McHenry
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centertown	McHenry
No high school diploma	16.7%	17.2%
High school graduate	51.5%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centertown	McHenry
Drove alone	88.0%	86.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centertown	McHenry
1-unit, detached	76.5%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	40.4%

Poverty & households

	Centertown	McHenry
Poverty rate	31.2%	25.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	34	20
Median year structure built	1973	1989