Coles County vs Henry County

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

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

Henry County has the higher population (48,948 vs 46,689 in Coles County). Henry County has the higher median household income ($69,912 vs $56,040 in Coles County). Henry County has the higher median home value ($145,300 vs $121,900 in Coles County).

Population, income & housing

	Coles County	Henry County
Population	46,689	48,948
Median age	38.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,040	$69,912
Median home value	$121,900	$145,300
Median gross rent	$793	$837
Housing units	22,717	22,208
Homeownership rate	60.4%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coles County	Henry County
Population	51,353 → 46,689 (-9.1%)	49,267 → 48,948 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$46,202 → $56,040 (+21.3%)	$59,933 → $69,912 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$100,500 → $121,900 (+21.3%)	$119,200 → $145,300 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $793 (+13.8%)	$679 → $837 (+23.3%)

Coles County

Population

51,35346,689

Median household income

$46,202$56,040

Median home value

$100,500$121,900

Median gross rent

$697$793

Henry County

Population

49,26748,948

Median household income

$59,933$69,912

Median home value

$119,200$145,300

Median gross rent

$679$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coles County	Henry County
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	16.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.3%
75 and over	7.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coles County	Henry County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	87.3%
Black or African American	3.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coles County	Henry County
No high school diploma	8.5%	7.9%
High school graduate	30.7%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coles County	Henry County
Drove alone	76.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	5.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.2%	7.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coles County	Henry County
1-unit, detached	67.9%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	7.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Coles County	Henry County
Poverty rate	18.4%	8.1%
Average household size	2.12	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1970	1961