Henderson is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 14,857 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Henderson is the 73rd largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Henderson is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Henderson is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Henderson who work in office and administrative support (11.86%), sales jobs (8.01%), and food service (7.25%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.23% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Henderson is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Henderson with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.21% of adults in Henderson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Henderson in 2022 was $24,005, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,020 for a family of four. However, Henderson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Henderson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Henderson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Henderson residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Henderson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.64% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Henderson include English, Irish, Jamaican, Scots-Irish, and German. The most common language spoken in Henderson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
