Casey County vs Henry County

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

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

Casey County has the higher population (15,951 vs 15,774 in Henry County). Henry County has the higher median household income ($60,736 vs $41,689 in Casey County). Henry County has the higher median home value ($181,300 vs $135,700 in Casey County).

Population, income & housing

	Casey County	Henry County
Population	15,951	15,774
Median age	41.5 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,689	$60,736
Median home value	$135,700	$181,300
Median gross rent	$645	$871
Housing units	7,401	6,678
Homeownership rate	78.6%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Casey County	Henry County
Population	15,885 → 15,951 (+0.4%)	15,911 → 15,774 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$34,819 → $41,689 (+19.7%)	$53,926 → $60,736 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $135,700 (+54.9%)	$128,700 → $181,300 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$507 → $645 (+27.2%)	$780 → $871 (+11.7%)

Casey County

Population

15,88515,951

Median household income

$34,819$41,689

Median home value

$87,600$135,700

Median gross rent

$507$645

Henry County

Population

15,91115,774

Median household income

$53,926$60,736

Median home value

$128,700$181,300

Median gross rent

$780$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Casey County	Henry County
Under 5	6.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.6%
75 and over	8.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Casey County	Henry County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Casey County	Henry County
No high school diploma	22.1%	13.9%
High school graduate	45.7%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Casey County	Henry County
Drove alone	76.2%	76.1%
Carpooled	12.1%	13.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	9.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Casey County	Henry County
1-unit, detached	72.6%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.1%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	23.5%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Casey County	Henry County
Poverty rate	24.4%	16.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1985	1977