Henry County vs Ogle County

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

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

Ogle County has the higher population (51,536 vs 48,948 in Henry County). Ogle County has the higher median household income ($79,244 vs $69,912 in Henry County). Ogle County has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $145,300 in Henry County).

Population, income & housing

	Henry County	Ogle County
Population	48,948	51,536
Median age	43.4 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,912	$79,244
Median home value	$145,300	$184,100
Median gross rent	$837	$901
Housing units	22,208	22,625
Homeownership rate	80.4%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henry County	Ogle County
Population	49,267 → 48,948 (-0.6%)	51,025 → 51,536 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$59,933 → $69,912 (+16.7%)	$60,986 → $79,244 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $145,300 (+21.9%)	$146,900 → $184,100 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $837 (+23.3%)	$745 → $901 (+20.9%)

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

Ogle County

Population

51,02551,536

Median household income

$60,986$79,244

Median home value

$146,900$184,100

Median gross rent

$745$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henry County	Ogle County
Under 5	5.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.0%
75 and over	8.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henry County	Ogle County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	83.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henry County	Ogle County
No high school diploma	7.9%	9.0%
High school graduate	33.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henry County	Ogle County
Drove alone	82.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	2.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.5%	7.2%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henry County	Ogle County
1-unit, detached	87.3%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	5.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Henry County	Ogle County
Poverty rate	8.1%	8.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1961	1972