
Iowa · FIPS 19087
Henry ZIP codes — Henry County, Iowa
Quick answer
Henry County is home to 20,228 residents with a median household income of $64,604 and a median home value of $148,600. 74% of households own their home and 12.1% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Henry ZIP code? 8 ZIP code areas fall inside Henry County, Iowa, listed in full below.
- Population
- 20,228Henry County residents
- Median household income
- $64,604Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $148,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $770Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 40.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 74%Owner-occupied households
Henry County, IA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Henry County is a mid-size town in Iowa, with 20,228 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 40.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Henry County earn a median of $64,604 a year, 17.7% below the national figure of $78,538. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 12.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Henry County is valued at $148,600, 51% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $770 a month, 45.2% below the national figure, or roughly $9,240 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 74% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
ZIP codes in Henry County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Henry County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in Iowa
Largest Census places in Iowa by population.
- Des Moines city 212,464
- Cedar Rapids city 136,859
- Davenport city 101,083
- Sioux City city 85,651
- Iowa City city 75,264
- Ankeny city 70,542
- West Des Moines city 69,893
- Waterloo city 66,947
- Ames city 66,112
- Council Bluffs city 62,564
- Dubuque city 59,271
- Urbandale city 46,026
Nearby counties
Other counties in Iowa.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Henry County?
- Henry County has 20,228 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Henry County?
- Median household income in Henry County is $64,604 a year, 17.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Henry County?
- Median gross rent is $770 a month and the median home value is $148,600, so rent absorbs about 14.3% of median household income.
- Is Henry County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Henry County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Henry County data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.