Henry County vs Jones County

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

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

Jones County has the higher population (20,799 vs 20,228 in Henry County). Jones County has the higher median household income ($73,071 vs $64,604 in Henry County). Jones County has the higher median home value ($183,400 vs $148,600 in Henry County).

Population, income & housing

	Henry County	Jones County
Population	20,228	20,799
Median age	40.5 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,604	$73,071
Median home value	$148,600	$183,400
Median gross rent	$770	$759
Housing units	8,442	8,882
Homeownership rate	74.0%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henry County	Jones County
Population	19,941 → 20,228 (+1.4%)	20,559 → 20,799 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$53,501 → $64,604 (+20.8%)	$57,549 → $73,071 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $148,600 (+28.7%)	$138,400 → $183,400 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $770 (+11.0%)	$641 → $759 (+18.4%)

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

Jones County

Population

20,55920,799

Median household income

$57,549$73,071

Median home value

$138,400$183,400

Median gross rent

$641$759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henry County	Jones County
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.2%
75 and over	8.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henry County	Jones County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	91.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henry County	Jones County
No high school diploma	8.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	33.5%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henry County	Jones County
Drove alone	80.7%	77.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	11.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henry County	Jones County
1-unit, detached	78.5%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Henry County	Jones County
Poverty rate	12.1%	10.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1966	1969