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Henderson, KY

27,994 Population
16.9 square miles 1,656.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 40.8 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,402 ±$1,755 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: $31,592 ±$1,227
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$47,176 ±$3,713 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: $58,404 ±$2,198
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

19.7% ±2.9% (5,348  ±776) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 15.1% † 8,480 (±1.7% / ±933)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

20.2 minutes ±1.5 (227,870  ±21,313) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 24.3 570,325 (±1.1 / ±30,653)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

12,335 ±358 Number of households
  • the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 23,378 ±387
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.2 ±0.1 (26,987  ±51) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 2.4 55,956 (±0 / ±44)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

4.3% ±2% (259  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 5.8% † 717 (±1.4% / ±174)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

13,516 ±306 Number of housing units
  • the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 25,837 ±37
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$151,400 ±$12,938 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: $152,500 ±$7,022
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

12.3% ±2.3% (3,411  ±634.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 11.4% † 6,487 (±1.4% / ±810.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

88.1% ±4.3% (17,187  ±908.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 88.6% 35,261 (±3% / ±1,191.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
18.2% ±2.2% (3,560  ±426.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 17.6% 7,016 (±1.4% / ±563.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

1.9% ±0.8% (527  ±220) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 1.8% 1,030
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

5.2% ±1% (1,123  ±217) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 5.9% † 2,595 (±0.8% / ±364)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
1,123 Total veterans ±217 984 Male ±204 139 Female ±92

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