Best PlacesHenry, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Henry, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Henry ranks 29,798th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Henry
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Henry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Henry ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of towns
Where Henry ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Henry
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Henry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,328, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Henry's effective rate of 1.78%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Henry
Henry runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Henry.
Who works in Henry, and how
Work in Henry centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Henry
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Henry.
What the weather is like in Henry, month by month
Henry sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 19° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Henry
The nearest airport, General Downing - Peoria International, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Henry
Schools across Henry average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bradford Grade SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Henry-senachwine Grade SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bradford Jr High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
- Putnam County Jr High SchoolF · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Princeton High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Putnam County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Henry-senachwine High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Henry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Henry measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Henry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Henry
Is Henry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Henry ranks 29,798th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, civic engagement, and fast internet, and lowest on taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Henry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $125,602. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $68,328 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Henry safe?
Henry is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $245 per resident a year.
Compare Henry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Henry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Henry represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Henry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Henry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Henry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Henry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Henry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Henry detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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