Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 3.0Henry has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
455 jobs are based in Henry for 1,029 working residents. Henry grades C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in seven stay in Henry for work; outside it, Peoria is the main destination (12%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Henry apart on work
Henry’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Henry is Peoria, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (121) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Henry
59% of Henry residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Henry pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 85% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Henry’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Henry is better than 43% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Henry’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Henry could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How far Henry goes to work
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Henry is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henry, 2013 → 2023: 572 → 455. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Henry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Henry
On a workday 872 residents head out to work, 157 work right here, and 298 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Henry on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Henry to work: where people go
Where Henry clocks in
5% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Getting to work from Henry takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Henry workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 978 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Most of Henry commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Henry is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Henry near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,073 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.2% of Henry households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Henry’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,679th of 5,328: where Henry ranks among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Wayne IL | 2,278 | $162K | 2.1% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,677 | Stallion Springs CA | 2,937 | $87K | 5.0% | 5.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,678 | Ozona TX | 2,405 | $82K | 8.9% | 3.3% | 27% | C+ |
| 2,679 | Henry IL | 2,280 | $66K | 14.1% | 2.7% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,680 | Union ME | 2,444 | $81K | 10.2% | 3.2% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,681 | Shelburne MA | 1,868 | $83K | 10.4% | 4.0% | 12% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Henry, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Henry and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Henry Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Henry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry | – | C+ | B+ | 29 min | $65,577 |
| Magnolia Township | under 2% | B− | D | 30 min | $85,625 |
| Henry Township | 5% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Henry Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Henry’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Henry: questions
What is the median household income in Henry?
$65,577 (±$16,428) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henry?
14.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henry?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henry work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (12%, 29 mi), Henry Township (5%, 2 mi), Princeton (3%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Henry walkable?
Henry is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Henry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Henry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Henry
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.