City safety & data profile

HendersonvilleTN

Hendersonville, TN is a 56K-resident city in Sumner County with a median household income of $97,200.

Sumner County, Tennessee. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Hendersonville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Hendersonville has a population larger than 82% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $430,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

56K
Population (place)
Top 18%
By size
$97,200
Median income (place)
$430,700
Median home (place)
6.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Hendersonville

Hendersonville posts a median household income higher than 67% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Hendersonville area.

Top 33%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Hendersonville

Where Hendersonville income ranks nationally

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

$97,200 Top 33% higher than 67% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Hendersonville $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 TN

Population among 58 TN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Memphis is the largest TN city on this list; Brentwood leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in TN

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Brentwood posts the highest place-level median income in TN; Memphis is largest by headcount.

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

The quick read

Reading Hendersonville, TN beyond the headline numbers

Hendersonville sits inside Sumner County, Tennessee, at roughly 36.30°N, -86.62°W. Population 56,018, $97,200 median household income. Median home value $430,700, median rent $1,653. Poverty rate 6.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Hendersonville, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 6.3% of Hendersonville, TN residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

A median home in Hendersonville runs about 4.4 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

20% of Hendersonville workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 38.4% in Hendersonville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Hendersonville workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Hendersonville 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)
56,018
Hendersonville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$97,200
+9% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$430,700
+4% vs avg
Median Age (place)
40.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Sumner County): Hendersonville'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
204K+25%
Median Income
$90,301+63%
Median Home Value
$393,100+123%
Poverty Rate
8.8%-15%
Unemployment
3.6%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Hendersonville, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,653/mo
Poverty Rate
6.3% -49% vs avg
Unemployment 4.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 43.9%
Work From Home 20%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 79.7%
African American 9.4%
Asian 2.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
38.4%
Short Sleep Duration
36%
High Blood Pressure
34.4%
Physical Inactivity
20.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.4%
Binge Drinking
15.4%
Current Smoking
12.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.3%
Current Asthma
10.6%
Diabetes
10.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 66.6%
Annual Checkup 78%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.5%
Stroke
2.8%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
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1
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0
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
TRISTAR HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER
HENDERSONVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Hendersonville?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TN-HENDERSONVILLE-TN · Hendersonville

Hendersonville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Hendersonville, TN? ▼
Hendersonville, TN has a population of 56,018 people, located in Sumner County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Hendersonville? ▼
The median household income in Hendersonville, TN is $97,200 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 6.3%.
What is the median home value in Hendersonville? ▼
The median home value in Hendersonville, TN is $430,700. Median rent is $1,653/month.
What are the top health concerns in Hendersonville? ▼
The top health indicators in Hendersonville include Obesity (38.4%), Short Sleep Duration (36%), High Blood Pressure (34.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Hendersonville? ▼
Hendersonville has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Hendersonville? ▼
The median age in Hendersonville, TN is 40.3 years. 43.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (6.3% here).

Redwood City, CA 6.3% West Hartford, CT 6.3% Martinez, CA 6.3% Naugatuck, CT 6.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($97,200 here).

Whittier, CA $97,201 Badger, AK $97,183 Seven Hills, OH $97,222 Glen Carbon, IL $97,168

Compare Hendersonville with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Goodlettsville, TN 17K Hermitage, TN 38K Mount Juliet, TN 32K White House, TN 11K Gallatin, TN 34K Nashville, TN 689K La Vergne, TN 35K Portland, TN 12K
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Using Hendersonville'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 Hendersonville 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 Hendersonville against Tennessee peers on any ranking lens. Explore Tennessee

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 (Sumner 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.