Adams County vs Henry County

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

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

Henry County has the higher population (27,581 vs 27,510 in Adams County). Henry County has the higher median household income ($79,267 vs $49,521 in Adams County). Henry County has the higher median home value ($166,000 vs $157,500 in Adams County).

Population, income & housing

	Adams County	Henry County
Population	27,510	27,581
Median age	42.3 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,521	$79,267
Median home value	$157,500	$166,000
Median gross rent	$700	$866
Housing units	12,737	12,053
Homeownership rate	71.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams County	Henry County
Population	27,776 → 27,510 (-1.0%)	27,208 → 27,581 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$39,079 → $49,521 (+26.7%)	$59,695 → $79,267 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$105,300 → $157,500 (+49.6%)	$125,200 → $166,000 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $700 (+21.5%)	$730 → $866 (+18.6%)

Adams County

Population

27,77627,510

Median household income

$39,079$49,521

Median home value

$105,300$157,500

Median gross rent

$576$700

Henry County

Population

27,20827,581

Median household income

$59,695$79,267

Median home value

$125,200$166,000

Median gross rent

$730$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams County	Henry County
Under 5	5.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.3%
75 and over	7.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams County	Henry County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams County	Henry County
No high school diploma	14.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	45.2%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams County	Henry County
Drove alone	84.0%	84.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.3%	5.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams County	Henry County
1-unit, detached	70.3%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	21.8%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Adams County	Henry County
Poverty rate	20.3%	8.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	36	23
Median year structure built	1982	1963