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Henderson, KY

27,852 Population
16.9 square miles 1,647.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 40.7 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,750 ±$1,525 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: $31,590 ±$1,196
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,186 ±$2,523 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: $59,053 ±$2,620
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.7% ±2.4% (5,041  ±654) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 14.4% † 8,041 (±1.6% / ±911)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.8 minutes ±1 (227,615  ±15,924) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 24.1 562,970 (±1.3 / ±35,507)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,341 ±342 Number of households
  • the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 23,445 ±418
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (26,936  ±60) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 2.4 55,802 (±0 / ±64)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±1.5% (246  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 5.1% † 631 (±1.4% / ±174)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,585 ±317 Number of housing units
  • the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 25,874 ±45
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$160,100 ±$8,773 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: $161,700 ±$6,629
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±1.9% (3,364  ±513.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 11.3% † 6,365 (±1.4% / ±812.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.4% ±4.6% (17,236  ±950.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 88.9% 35,319 (±3.2% / ±1,287)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.4% ±2.3% (3,790  ±445.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 18.5% 7,357 (±1.5% / ±591.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about half 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

1.7% ±0.4% (475  ±119) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 2% 1,117
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±1% (1,153  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 5.6% † 2,452 (±0.7% / ±305)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,153 Total veterans ±216 1,053 Male ±212 100 Female ±68

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