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Henderson, NC Urban Area

20,001 Population
16.3 square miles 1,229 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,243 ±$2,073 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,277 ±$4,350 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.4% ±4.5% (4,993  ±903) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±1.6 (169,355  ±19,824) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,963 ±418 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (19,548  ±822) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±3.2% (229  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,361 ±422 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,500 ±$14,322 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.1% ±2.6% (2,186  ±525) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.8% ±4.8% (10,802  ±841.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.2% ±2.9% (1,879  ±399.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8.3% ±1.7% (1,657  ±349) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±1.6% (815  ±239) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
815 Total veterans ±239 810 Male ±239 5 Female ±9

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