Henry County vs Obion County

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

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

Henry County has the higher population (32,345 vs 30,570 in Obion County). Obion County has the higher median household income ($53,102 vs $48,540 in Henry County). Henry County has the higher median home value ($145,200 vs $122,700 in Obion County).

Population, income & housing

	Henry County	Obion County
Population	32,345	30,570
Median age	45.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,540	$53,102
Median home value	$145,200	$122,700
Median gross rent	$741	$770
Housing units	17,044	14,343
Homeownership rate	75.6%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henry County	Obion County
Population	32,284 → 32,345 (+0.2%)	30,365 → 30,570 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$40,502 → $48,540 (+19.8%)	$39,615 → $53,102 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$103,300 → $145,200 (+40.6%)	$91,500 → $122,700 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $741 (+15.2%)	$621 → $770 (+24.0%)

Henry County

Population

32,28432,345

Median household income

$40,502$48,540

Median home value

$103,300$145,200

Median gross rent

$643$741

Obion County

Population

30,36530,570

Median household income

$39,615$53,102

Median home value

$91,500$122,700

Median gross rent

$621$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henry County	Obion County
Under 5	4.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	11.9%
75 and over	9.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henry County	Obion County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	79.5%
Black or African American	7.2%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henry County	Obion County
No high school diploma	11.6%	15.0%
High school graduate	45.3%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henry County	Obion County
Drove alone	83.7%	84.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.0%	3.7%
Other means	4.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henry County	Obion County
1-unit, detached	63.4%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Henry County	Obion County
Poverty rate	18.3%	17.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1983	1975