Butler County vs Henry County

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

Butler County and Henry County are counties in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butler County has the higher population (18,807 vs 17,450 in Henry County). Henry County has the higher median household income ($60,135 vs $44,881 in Butler County). Henry County has the higher median home value ($147,800 vs $99,700 in Butler County).

Population, income & housing

	Butler County	Henry County
Population	18,807	17,450
Median age	42.2 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,881	$60,135
Median home value	$99,700	$147,800
Median gross rent	$722	$770
Housing units	9,841	9,151
Homeownership rate	68.4%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler County	Henry County
Population	19,828 → 18,807 (-5.1%)	17,133 → 17,450 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$40,688 → $44,881 (+10.3%)	$50,017 → $60,135 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $99,700 (+4.0%)	$118,800 → $147,800 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $722 (+16.5%)	$627 → $770 (+22.8%)

Butler County

Population

19,82818,807

Median household income

$40,688$44,881

Median home value

$95,900$99,700

Median gross rent

$620$722

Henry County

Population

17,13317,450

Median household income

$50,017$60,135

Median home value

$118,800$147,800

Median gross rent

$627$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler County	Henry County
Under 5	5.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	14.2%
75 and over	9.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler County	Henry County
White (non-Hispanic)	50.7%	70.1%
Black or African American	44.7%	25.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	1.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler County	Henry County
No high school diploma	12.4%	17.8%
High school graduate	47.0%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler County	Henry County
Drove alone	85.1%	86.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler County	Henry County
1-unit, detached	67.4%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	23.9%

Poverty & households

	Butler County	Henry County
Poverty rate	21.0%	15.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1980	1982