Henry County vs Weakley County

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

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

Weakley County has the higher population (32,959 vs 32,345 in Henry County). Weakley County has the higher median household income ($49,502 vs $48,540 in Henry County). Henry County has the higher median home value ($145,200 vs $136,300 in Weakley County).

Population, income & housing

	Henry County	Weakley County
Population	32,345	32,959
Median age	45.8 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,540	$49,502
Median home value	$145,200	$136,300
Median gross rent	$741	$760
Housing units	17,044	15,028
Homeownership rate	75.6%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henry County	Weakley County
Population	32,284 → 32,345 (+0.2%)	33,510 → 32,959 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$40,502 → $48,540 (+19.8%)	$39,937 → $49,502 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$103,300 → $145,200 (+40.6%)	$97,800 → $136,300 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $741 (+15.2%)	$626 → $760 (+21.4%)

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

Weakley County

Population

33,51032,959

Median household income

$39,937$49,502

Median home value

$97,800$136,300

Median gross rent

$626$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henry County	Weakley County
Under 5	4.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	16.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.6%
75 and over	9.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henry County	Weakley County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	85.2%
Black or African American	7.2%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henry County	Weakley County
No high school diploma	11.6%	12.0%
High school graduate	45.3%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henry County	Weakley County
Drove alone	83.7%	79.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.8%
Other means	4.4%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henry County	Weakley County
1-unit, detached	63.4%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	3.9%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Henry County	Weakley County
Poverty rate	18.3%	19.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1983	1978