Henry County vs Larue County

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

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

Henry County has the higher population (15,774 vs 15,028 in Larue County). Larue County has the higher median household income ($67,770 vs $60,736 in Henry County). Henry County has the higher median home value ($181,300 vs $177,500 in Larue County).

Population, income & housing

	Henry County	Larue County
Population	15,774	15,028
Median age	41.6 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,736	$67,770
Median home value	$181,300	$177,500
Median gross rent	$871	$816
Housing units	6,678	6,542
Homeownership rate	75.8%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henry County	Larue County
Population	15,911 → 15,774 (-0.9%)	14,204 → 15,028 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$53,926 → $60,736 (+12.6%)	$47,643 → $67,770 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $181,300 (+40.9%)	$115,600 → $177,500 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $871 (+11.7%)	$703 → $816 (+16.1%)

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

Larue County

Population

14,20415,028

Median household income

$47,643$67,770

Median home value

$115,600$177,500

Median gross rent

$703$816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henry County	Larue County
Under 5	5.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.2%
75 and over	6.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henry County	Larue County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	90.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henry County	Larue County
No high school diploma	13.9%	14.0%
High school graduate	44.4%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henry County	Larue County
Drove alone	76.1%	85.0%
Carpooled	13.3%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	7.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henry County	Larue County
1-unit, detached	81.6%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Henry County	Larue County
Poverty rate	16.6%	18.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1977	1981