Work and commuting in Henderson
Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, where Nebraska as a whole has 11%. For jobs and income Henderson is better than 39% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (B). About one in ten work in Henderson; the top destination outside it is York (22%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Henderson: the figures worth knowing
Henderson and York trade workers both ways
York is the top workplace for Henderson residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Henderson come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Henderson are quick
The average trip to work takes 10 minutes, against 19 across Nebraska. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Nebraska worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 460 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Henderson earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Henderson’s grade up ($82,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.7%) is left out: Henderson’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Henderson could be anywhere from C− to B.
The towns that employ Henderson’s residents
Where Henderson clocks in
11% of workers
5% 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.
About 10 minutes to work from Henderson
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Henderson workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 411 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 86% 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 31% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Henderson
On a workday 407 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 334 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Henderson’s employers do
387 jobs are based in Henderson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henderson, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 387. 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.
In Henderson, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 417 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.4% of Henderson households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Henderson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Henderson is 1,716th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Buccaneer Bay NE | 1,418 | $161K | 4.9% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,714 | Frenchcreek Township PA | 1,393 | $69K | 7.5% | 1.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,715 | Litchfield Township PA | 1,267 | $71K | 7.5% | 12.7% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,716 | Henderson NE | 1,097 | $83K | 10.3% | 0.7% | 12% | C+ |
| 1,717 | Whitaker PA | 1,123 | $63K | 25.9% | 14.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,718 | Cut and Shoot TX | 1,141 | $72K | 20.4% | 1.9% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Nebraska.
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?
$82,500 (±$8,053) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henderson?
10.3%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henderson?
10 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henderson work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are York (22%, 13 mi), Lincoln (11%, 60 mi), McCool Junction (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Henderson walkable?
Henderson is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Henderson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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. 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.