Savannah draws about two in five of Henderson’s working residents
Henderson grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Henderson is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 28 minutes each way, where Georgia has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Henderson apart on work
The better-paid jobs are outside Henderson
52% of Henderson residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 28% of the jobs based in Henderson pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Henderson pay little
27% of the jobs based in Henderson pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 31% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 895 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Henderson earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Henderson is better than 83% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Henderson could be anywhere from C to A+.
Where Henderson goes to work
Where Henderson clocks in
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Inside Henderson’s 598 jobs
598 jobs are based in Henderson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henderson, 2013 → 2023: 472 → 598. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Henderson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Henderson, and who commutes in
On a workday 874 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 577 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Henderson on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Henderson: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Henderson workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 985 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Henderson to work
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Henderson commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Henderson is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Henderson near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,114 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 82% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Henderson households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Henderson’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Henderson is 575th of 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Berkeley Lake GA | 2,034 | $166K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Fairplay GA | 1,881 | $120K | 1.6% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Isle of Hope GA | 2,053 | $105K | 1.4% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 573 | Huntington Township OH | 1,403 | $104K | 4.4% | 0.0% | 3% | A− |
| 574 | Hamilton WI | 2,311 | $113K | 2.4% | 3.5% | 1% | A− |
| 575 | Henderson GA | 1,952 | $104K | 8.7% | 1.9% | 2% | A− |
| 576 | Estell Manor NJ | 1,696 | $97K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 2% | A− |
| 577 | Stewart Manor NY | 1,925 | $155K | 5.0% | 7.9% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Henderson, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Henderson and its neighbors: 41% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Savannah. Darker towns draw more of Henderson’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Henderson: questions
What is the median household income in Henderson?
$104,385 (±$50,494) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henderson?
8.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henderson?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henderson work?
2% work in town.
Is Henderson walkable?
Henderson is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Henderson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Henderson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Henderson
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.