Photo: Soperville · CC BY-SA 3.0Henderson has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 9 jobs in Henderson; 109 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Henderson; the top destination outside it is Galesburg (34%, 5 miles). Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Henderson, and who commutes in
On a workday 108 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Henderson on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Henderson goes to work
Where Henderson clocks in
34% of workers
3% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Henderson
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henderson, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 9. 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.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Henderson
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 Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Henderson’s commute, mile by mile
About 28% 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.
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?
$57,875 (±$15,620) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henderson?
23.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henderson?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henderson work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Galesburg (34%, 5 mi), Peoria (13%, 43 mi), Roanoke (3%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Henderson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.