Buchanan vs Henry

A side-by-side comparison of Buchanan and Henry: population, income, housing, and more.

Buchanan and Henry are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Henry has the higher population (588 vs 118 in Buchanan). Buchanan has the higher median home value ($213,100 vs $75,000 in Henry). Since 2019, Buchanan's population has grown faster (+100.0% vs +1.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Henry
Population	118	588
Median age	21.7 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$48,125
Median home value	$213,100	$75,000
Median gross rent	—	$583
Housing units	39	205
Homeownership rate	79.5%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Henry
Population	59 → 118 (+100.0%)	577 → 588 (+1.9%)
Median household income	—	$38,750 → $48,125 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $213,100 (+55.0%)	$76,500 → $75,000 (-2.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$667 → $583 (-12.6%)

Buchanan

Population

59118

Median home value

$137,500$213,100

Henry

Population

577588

Median household income

$38,750$48,125

Median home value

$76,500$75,000

Median gross rent

$667$583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan	Henry
Under 5	13.6%	9.4%
5 to 17	21.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	18.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	8.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	38.1%	8.8%
75 and over	0.0%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Henry
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	58.0%
Black or African American	11.9%	19.6%
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	0.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Henry
No high school diploma	18.2%	15.6%
High school graduate	63.6%	56.9%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Henry
Drove alone	25.0%	82.8%
Carpooled	75.0%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	8.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Henry
1-unit, detached	100.0%	46.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	52.2%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Henry
Poverty rate	0.0%	27.2%
Average household size	3.03	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1993	1993