Henry County vs Noble County

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

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

Henry County has the higher population (48,896 vs 47,417 in Noble County). Noble County has the higher median household income ($70,908 vs $60,144 in Henry County). Noble County has the higher median home value ($183,400 vs $140,200 in Henry County).

Population, income & housing

	Henry County	Noble County
Population	48,896	47,417
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,144	$70,908
Median home value	$140,200	$183,400
Median gross rent	$807	$776
Housing units	20,968	20,212
Homeownership rate	75.9%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henry County	Noble County
Population	48,255 → 48,896 (+1.3%)	47,506 → 47,417 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$49,832 → $60,144 (+20.7%)	$56,789 → $70,908 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$100,400 → $140,200 (+39.6%)	$125,800 → $183,400 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $807 (+11.9%)	$712 → $776 (+9.0%)

Henry County

Population

48,25548,896

Median household income

$49,832$60,144

Median home value

$100,400$140,200

Median gross rent

$721$807

Noble County

Population

47,50647,417

Median household income

$56,789$70,908

Median home value

$125,800$183,400

Median gross rent

$712$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henry County	Noble County
Under 5	5.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.2%
75 and over	8.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henry County	Noble County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	85.4%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henry County	Noble County
No high school diploma	9.4%	17.4%
High school graduate	42.9%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henry County	Noble County
Drove alone	79.8%	76.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	14.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.1%	4.9%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henry County	Noble County
1-unit, detached	82.6%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.7%
20 or more units	2.7%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Henry County	Noble County
Poverty rate	13.0%	8.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1959	1975