Henry County vs Jackson County

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

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

Henry County has the higher population (20,228 vs 19,429 in Jackson County). Jackson County has the higher median household income ($71,605 vs $64,604 in Henry County). Jackson County has the higher median home value ($170,000 vs $148,600 in Henry County).

Population, income & housing

	Henry County	Jackson County
Population	20,228	19,429
Median age	40.5 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,604	$71,605
Median home value	$148,600	$170,000
Median gross rent	$770	$800
Housing units	8,442	9,272
Homeownership rate	74.0%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henry County	Jackson County
Population	19,941 → 20,228 (+1.4%)	19,401 → 19,429 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$53,501 → $64,604 (+20.8%)	$55,967 → $71,605 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $148,600 (+28.7%)	$128,200 → $170,000 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $770 (+11.0%)	$624 → $800 (+28.2%)

Henry County

Population

19,94120,228

Median household income

$53,501$64,604

Median home value

$115,500$148,600

Median gross rent

$694$770

Jackson County

Population

19,40119,429

Median household income

$55,967$71,605

Median home value

$128,200$170,000

Median gross rent

$624$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henry County	Jackson County
Under 5	5.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.7%
75 and over	8.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henry County	Jackson County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	94.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henry County	Jackson County
No high school diploma	8.6%	6.2%
High school graduate	33.5%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henry County	Jackson County
Drove alone	80.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.1%	9.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henry County	Jackson County
1-unit, detached	78.5%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	3.1%
20 or more units	2.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Henry County	Jackson County
Poverty rate	12.1%	10.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1966	1967