Fordsville vs McHenry

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

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

Fordsville has the higher population (488 vs 355 in McHenry). McHenry has the higher median household income ($39,583 vs $33,750 in Fordsville). McHenry has the higher median home value ($74,600 vs $50,000 in Fordsville).

Population, income & housing

	Fordsville	McHenry
Population	488	355
Median age	35.5 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$39,583
Median home value	$50,000	$74,600
Median gross rent	$438	$673
Housing units	196	161
Homeownership rate	65.2%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fordsville	McHenry
Population	552 → 488 (-11.6%)	309 → 355 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$33,625 → $33,750 (+0.4%)	$38,250 → $39,583 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$57,900 → $50,000 (-13.6%)	$50,600 → $74,600 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $438 (-17.0%)	$694 → $673 (-3.0%)

Fordsville

Population

552488

Median household income

$33,625$33,750

Median home value

$57,900$50,000

Median gross rent

$528$438

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)

	Fordsville	McHenry
Under 5	2.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	6.4%	10.4%
18 to 24	32.2%	17.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	8.5%
35 to 44	7.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	19.7%
65 to 74	15.0%	10.1%
75 and over	7.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fordsville	McHenry
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	97.5%
Black or African American	30.9%	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	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fordsville	McHenry
No high school diploma	20.2%	17.2%
High school graduate	43.9%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fordsville	McHenry
Drove alone	89.3%	86.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fordsville	McHenry
1-unit, detached	66.8%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.1%	40.4%

Poverty & households

	Fordsville	McHenry
Poverty rate	20.3%	25.1%
Average household size	3.16	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1977	1989