Fayette County vs Henry County

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

Fayette 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.

Fayette County has the higher population (28,880 vs 27,581 in Henry County). Henry County has the higher median household income ($79,267 vs $60,047 in Fayette County). Henry County has the higher median home value ($166,000 vs $162,200 in Fayette County).

Population, income & housing

	Fayette County	Henry County
Population	28,880	27,581
Median age	40.8 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,047	$79,267
Median home value	$162,200	$166,000
Median gross rent	$807	$866
Housing units	12,694	12,053
Homeownership rate	63.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayette County	Henry County
Population	28,620 → 28,880 (+0.9%)	27,208 → 27,581 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$47,308 → $60,047 (+26.9%)	$59,695 → $79,267 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$113,500 → $162,200 (+42.9%)	$125,200 → $166,000 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $807 (+12.4%)	$730 → $866 (+18.6%)

Fayette County

Population

28,62028,880

Median household income

$47,308$60,047

Median home value

$113,500$162,200

Median gross rent

$718$807

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)

	Fayette County	Henry County
Under 5	5.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.3%
75 and over	6.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayette County	Henry County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	87.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayette County	Henry County
No high school diploma	14.2%	7.4%
High school graduate	47.8%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayette County	Henry County
Drove alone	85.6%	84.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayette County	Henry County
1-unit, detached	74.8%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Fayette County	Henry County
Poverty rate	16.0%	8.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1970	1963