Henning vs Perham

A side-by-side comparison of Henning and Perham: population, income, housing, and more.

Henning and Perham are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Perham has the higher population (3,577 vs 836 in Henning). Perham has the higher median household income ($47,088 vs $44,000 in Henning). Perham has the higher median home value ($186,000 vs $127,400 in Henning).

Population, income & housing

	Henning	Perham
Population	836	3,577
Median age	47.6 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,000	$47,088
Median home value	$127,400	$186,000
Median gross rent	$731	$813
Housing units	449	1,584
Homeownership rate	55.9%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henning	Perham
Population	853 → 836 (-2.0%)	3,432 → 3,577 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$40,078 → $44,000 (+9.8%)	$46,128 → $47,088 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$86,600 → $127,400 (+47.1%)	$145,000 → $186,000 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $731 (+15.5%)	$705 → $813 (+15.3%)

Henning

Population

853836

Median household income

$40,078$44,000

Median home value

$86,600$127,400

Median gross rent

$633$731

Perham

Population

3,4323,577

Median household income

$46,128$47,088

Median home value

$145,000$186,000

Median gross rent

$705$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henning	Perham
Under 5	5.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.3%	19.7%
18 to 24	10.3%	10.3%
25 to 34	8.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	7.4%	7.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	7.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.8%
75 and over	22.6%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henning	Perham
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henning	Perham
No high school diploma	11.8%	13.4%
High school graduate	30.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henning	Perham
Drove alone	85.6%	74.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	9.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	3.2%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	6.8%
Other means	3.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henning	Perham
1-unit, detached	65.5%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	14.3%
20 or more units	6.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Henning	Perham
Poverty rate	11.7%	19.5%
Average household size	1.97	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	12
Median year structure built	1968	1977