Fayette County vs Henry County

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

Fayette 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.

Henry County has the higher population (17,450 vs 16,173 in Fayette County). Henry County has the higher median household income ($60,135 vs $50,733 in Fayette County). Henry County has the higher median home value ($147,800 vs $121,200 in Fayette County).

Population, income & housing

	Fayette County	Henry County
Population	16,173	17,450
Median age	42.8 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,733	$60,135
Median home value	$121,200	$147,800
Median gross rent	$622	$770
Housing units	7,798	9,151
Homeownership rate	78.2%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayette County	Henry County
Population	16,494 → 16,173 (-1.9%)	17,133 → 17,450 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$39,856 → $50,733 (+27.3%)	$50,017 → $60,135 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $121,200 (+36.9%)	$118,800 → $147,800 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$527 → $622 (+18.0%)	$627 → $770 (+22.8%)

Fayette County

Population

16,49416,173

Median household income

$39,856$50,733

Median home value

$88,500$121,200

Median gross rent

$527$622

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)

	Fayette County	Henry County
Under 5	4.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	14.2%
75 and over	8.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayette County	Henry County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	70.1%
Black or African American	12.3%	25.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayette County	Henry County
No high school diploma	14.8%	17.8%
High school graduate	37.9%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayette County	Henry County
Drove alone	88.6%	86.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	1.8%	3.8%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayette County	Henry County
1-unit, detached	69.2%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	23.9%

Poverty & households

	Fayette County	Henry County
Poverty rate	18.7%	15.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1980	1982