City safety & data profile

HendersonKY

Henderson, KY is a 29K-resident city in Henderson County with a median household income of $48,186.

Henderson County, Kentucky. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Henderson, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Henderson has a population larger than 62% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $160,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

29K
Population (place)
Top 38%
By size
$48,186
Median income (place)
$160,100
Median home (place)
18.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Henderson

Henderson posts a median household income higher than 7% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Henderson area.

Bottom 8%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Henderson

Where Henderson income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$48,186 Bottom 7% higher than 7% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Henderson $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in KY

Population among 39 KY places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Bowling Green is the largest KY city on this list; Burlington leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in KY

Median household income among the same 39-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Burlington posts the highest place-level median income in KY; Bowling Green is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Henderson, KY beyond the headline numbers

Henderson sits inside Henderson County, Kentucky, at roughly 37.84°N, -87.59°W. Population 28,890, $48,186 median household income. Median home value $160,100, median rent $771. Poverty rate 18.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Henderson, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

18.7% of Henderson, KY residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Henderson costs roughly 3.3 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 6% of Henderson workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 43.8% in Henderson, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Henderson from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
28,890
Henderson · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$48,186
-46% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$160,100
-61% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Henderson County): Henderson's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
44K-4%
Median Income
$58,851+40%
Median Home Value
$171,900+73%
Poverty Rate
14.6%-18%
Unemployment
2.5%-75%

Economics

Economics indicators for Henderson, KY
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$771/mo
Poverty Rate
18.7% +51% vs avg
Unemployment 2.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 19.4%
Work From Home 6%
Public Transit 0.6%

Population

White 80.4%
African American 12.3%
Asian 0.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.6%

Health Profile 2 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
43.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.2%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
DEACONESS HENDERSON HOSPITAL
HENDERSON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Henderson?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Henderson right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet KY-HENDERSON-KY · Henderson

Henderson: 6 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 6 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Detroit

Tagged alert mix: Henderson

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 6 tagged notices on record for Henderson.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Detroit, MI (6 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Henderson; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Kentucky state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (6 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Detroit, MI 6 alerts Suffolk, VA 6 alerts Juneau, AK 6 alerts Dallas, TX 7 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Henderson, KY? ▼
Henderson, KY has a population of 28,890 people, located in Henderson County, Kentucky.
What is the median household income in Henderson? ▼
The median household income in Henderson, KY is $48,186 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 18.7%.
What is the median home value in Henderson? ▼
The median home value in Henderson, KY is $160,100. Median rent is $771/month.
What are the top health concerns in Henderson? ▼
The top health indicators in Henderson include Short Sleep Duration (43.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Henderson? ▼
Henderson has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Henderson? ▼
The median age in Henderson, KY is 39.9 years. 19.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Henderson, both outside Kentucky so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside KY (18.7% here).

Tulsa, OK 18.7% Woonsocket, RI 18.7% Bullhead City, AZ 18.7% Durant, OK 18.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside KY ($48,186 here).

Holiday, FL $48,186 Steubenville, OH $48,172 Hammond, LA $48,166 Cumberland, MD $48,162

Compare Henderson with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Evansville, IN 120K Owensboro, KY 59K Madisonville, KY 20K Vincennes, IN 18K Jasper, IN 15K Washington, IN 12K Hopkinsville, KY 32K Fort Campbell North, KY 14K
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Using Henderson's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Henderson area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Henderson against Kentucky peers on any ranking lens. Explore Kentucky

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Henderson County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.