Henry County vs Hocking County

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

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

Hocking County has the higher population (27,938 vs 27,581 in Henry County). Henry County has the higher median household income ($79,267 vs $61,366 in Hocking County). Hocking County has the higher median home value ($172,300 vs $166,000 in Henry County).

Population, income & housing

	Henry County	Hocking County
Population	27,581	27,938
Median age	41.7 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,267	$61,366
Median home value	$166,000	$172,300
Median gross rent	$866	$806
Housing units	12,053	13,014
Homeownership rate	81.5%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henry County	Hocking County
Population	27,208 → 27,581 (+1.4%)	28,390 → 27,938 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$59,695 → $79,267 (+32.8%)	$52,363 → $61,366 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$125,200 → $166,000 (+32.6%)	$132,800 → $172,300 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $866 (+18.6%)	$619 → $806 (+30.2%)

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

Hocking County

Population

28,39027,938

Median household income

$52,363$61,366

Median home value

$132,800$172,300

Median gross rent

$619$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henry County	Hocking County
Under 5	5.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.7%
75 and over	8.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henry County	Hocking County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henry County	Hocking County
No high school diploma	7.4%	11.9%
High school graduate	41.7%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henry County	Hocking County
Drove alone	84.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.3%	6.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henry County	Hocking County
1-unit, detached	81.3%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Henry County	Hocking County
Poverty rate	8.4%	17.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1963	1982