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Henderson, NC Urban Area

19,751 Population
16.3 square miles 1,213.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$23,695 ±$2,101 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$40,214 ±$3,168 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

24.8% ±4.5% (4,794  ±901) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

23.2 minutes ±2.2 (172,905  ±21,878) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

7,783 ±409 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.2 (19,279  ±880) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.1% ±3% (256  ±129) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

9,029 ±384 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$117,200 ±$8,611 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9% ±2.3% (1,745  ±448.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

81.7% ±4.6% (10,406  ±782.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
14.9% ±2.7% (1,895  ±355.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.8% ±1.6% (1,342  ±325) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.5% ±1.6% (940  ±229) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
940 Total veterans ±229 907 Male ±222 33 Female ±35

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