Henderson, KY

Census Place

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2024 Population
27,852
US Senator
Mitch McConnell
Republican Party
US Senator
Rand Paul
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
39.9
0.993% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
18.7%
5.35% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$48,186
2.14% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$160,100
5.75% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
12,336
2.47% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Henderson, KY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.1% of the residents in Henderson, KY are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Henderson, KY are Henderson Community College (516 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2024, the median property value in Henderson, KY was $160,100, and the homeownership rate was 54.1%.

Most people in Henderson, KY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 19.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Henderson, KY was 2 cars per household.

United StatesKentuckyHenderson County, KYEvansville, IN-KYVanderburgh County--Evansville City PUMA, INGreen River Area Development District (Outer) PUMA, KY

Population & Diversity

Henderson, KY is home to a population of 27.9k people, from which 99.1% are citizens. As of 2024, 1.71% of Henderson, KY residents were born outside of the country (475 people).

In 2024, there were 6.35 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (21.7k people) in Henderson, KY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 3.43k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 899 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.1%
2024 Citizenship
99.1%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.1% of Henderson, KY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Henderson, KY was 99.1%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Henderson, KY
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    21.7k ± 196
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    3.43k ± 300
  3. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    899 ± 255
5.07%
Hispanic Population
1.41k people

In 2024, there were 6.35 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (21.7k people) in Henderson, KY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 3.43k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 899 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

5.07% of the people in Henderson, KY are hispanic (1.41k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Henderson, KY as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    34,091 ± 4,516 people
  2. Cuba
    20,475 ± 3,505 people
  3. India
    12,629 ± 2,755 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Kentucky was Mexico, the natal country of 34,091 Kentucky residents, followed by Cuba with 20,475 and India with 12,629.

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Foreign-Born Population

1.71%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
475 people
1.88%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
527 people

As of 2024, 1.71% of Henderson, KY residents (475 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Henderson, KY was 1.88%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    338 ± 101
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    334 ± 131
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    169 ± 70

Henderson, KY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.01 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Henderson, KY.

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Economy

The economy of Henderson, KY employs 12.3k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Henderson, KY were Manufacturing (1,943 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (1,804 people), and Retail Trade (1,653 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($95,799), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($67,171), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($65,362).

Employment

Occupations

12.3k
2024 Value
± 832
2.47%
1 Year growth
± 9.35%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Henderson, KY grew at a rate of 2.47%, from 12k employees to 12.3k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Henderson, KY, are Production Occupations (1,505 people), Sales & Related Occupations (1,328 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,224 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Henderson, KY.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Kentucky.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Kentucky (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

12.3k
2024 Value
± 832
2.47%
1 Year growth
± 9.35%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Henderson, KY grew at a rate of 2.47%, from 12k employees to 12.3k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Henderson, KY, are Manufacturing (1,943 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (1,804 people), and Retail Trade (1,653 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Henderson, KY, though some of these residents may live in Henderson, KY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$46,330
Median earning men ± $2,508
$34,427
Median earning women ± $2,122

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($97,417), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($65,618), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($65,362).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Construction ($105,393), Public Administration ($42,463), and Manufacturing ($40,893).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.51%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.98M people employed in Kentucky. This represents a 2.51% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14.4%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Kentucky.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Kentucky went to Donald J. Trump with 64.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (33.9%), followed by Robert Kennedy (0.808%).

Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are the senators currently representing the state of Kentucky. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Kentucky is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Henderson, KY. Showing the available data for Kentucky.
2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (64.5%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (33.9%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Robert Kennedy (0.808%)
    Independent Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Kentucky went to Donald J. Trump with 64.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (33.9%), followed by Robert Kennedy (0.808%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Kentucky for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Kentucky

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Mitch McConnell
Senator from Kentucky2
Assumed office on January 3, 1985
Rand Paul
Senator from Kentucky3
Assumed office on January 3, 2011

Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are the senators currently representing Kentucky.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Kentucky over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Henderson, KY awarded 516 degrees. The student population of Henderson, KY in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 449 male students and 1,157 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Henderson, KY are White (394 and 76.4%), Black or African American (69 and 13.4%), Two or More Races (25 and 4.84%), and Hispanic or Latino (20 and 3.88%).

The largest universities in Henderson, KY by number of degrees awarded are Henderson Community College (516 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Henderson, KY are Liberal Arts & Sciences (110 and 21.3%), Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training (92 and 17.8%), and General Computer & Information Sciences (62 and 12%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 1,606 students enrolled in Henderson, KY, 28% men and 72% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 1,240 records, of which 71% were women and 29% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. Liberal Arts & Sciences
    110 degrees awarded
  2. Registered Nursing
    51 degrees awarded
  3. Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology
    7 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Henderson, KY was Liberal Arts & Sciences with 110 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Henderson, KY according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Henderson Community College
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
516 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Henderson Community College with 516 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 151 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Henderson, KY, which is 0.414 times less than the 365 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 394 degrees mean that there were 5.71 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 69 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Public, 2-year ($4,464) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Public, 2-year ($192) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Public, 2-year ($1,152) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Henderson, KY was $160,100 in 2024, which is 0.481 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $151,400 to $160,100, a 5.75% increase. The homeownership rate in Henderson, KY is 54.1%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Henderson, KY have an average commute time of 19.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Henderson, KY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$160,100
Median Property Value 2024
±$8,773
$6,677
Median Property Taxes
±$612

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Henderson, KY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Henderson, KY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

54.1%
Homeownership
2024
67.3%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 54.1% of the housing units in Henderson, KY were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 53.6%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Henderson, KY compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$48,186
Median Household Income
± $2,523
12.3k
Number of Households
± 835

In 2024, the median household income of the 12.3k households in Henderson, KY grew to $48,186 from the previous year's value of $47,176.

The following chart displays the households in Henderson, KY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Henderson, KY is from Kentucky.
0.449
2023 Wage GINI in Kentucky
0.452
2022 Wage GINI in Kentucky

In 2023, the income inequality in Kentucky was 0.449 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.729% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Kentucky was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Kentucky in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Kentucky across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (74.3%)
  2. Carpooled (12.8%)
  3. Worked At Home (5.95%)

In 2024, 74.3% of workers in Henderson, KY drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (12.8%) and those who worked at home (5.95%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

19.8 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Henderson, KY have a shorter commute time (19.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.15% of the workforce in Henderson, KY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Henderson, KY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Henderson, KY have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

18.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Henderson, KY (5.04k out of 27k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Females 45 - 54.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Henderson, KY is White, followed by Black and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

94.2% of the population of Henderson, KY has health coverage, with 36% on employee plans, 28.8% on Medicaid, 15.2% on Medicare, 12.6% on non-group plans, and 1.57% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Kentucky see 1,601 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,601 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1502 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 320 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.2% were men and 52.8% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 23.4% under 18 years, 20.9% between 18 and 34 years, 37.2% between 35 and 64 years, and 18.5% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.2% were men and 52.8% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

5.84%
Uninsured
36%
Employer Coverage
28.8%
Medicaid
15.2%
Medicare
12.6%
Non-Group
1.57%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Henderson, KY grew by 12.9% from 5.18% to 5.84%.

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