Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,889.
Henderson Township’s best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a C− for incomes. Only 131 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score lower on the outdoors. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 195, at 465 acres. Henderson Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Henderson Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Henderson Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 627 in 1860, 1,941 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 5 maps from 1944 on.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Henderson Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Henderson Township.
37% of adults have obesity in Henderson Township. The share of adults in Henderson Township who smoke cigarettes is 21%, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 14%. Among adults in the town, 16% report frequent physical distress and 23% say their health is fair or poor.
| Henderson Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Henderson Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.9% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 8.2% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 21.1% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Among residents in Henderson Township, 13% live below the poverty line. Only 4% of working residents stay in Henderson Township for work; the rest commute out. The town’s typical household income stands at $59,000, below both the Pennsylvania town median ($81,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Jobs based in Henderson Township grew to 192 in 2023, 30 more than in 2013.
| Henderson Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Henderson Township’s midsummer high stands at 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Across 2 parks and preserves: 1.3 miles of trail. In Henderson Township, the concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Henderson Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.4% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 195 | 0.5 mi | 465 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 87 | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Henderson Township has had 47 paid flood insurance claims since 1996. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Henderson Township
About 0 of every 100 Henderson Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Henderson Township is a township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,941 at the 2020 census. It was named for Jefferson County Associate Judge Joseph Henderson.
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7 towns share a border with Henderson Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | C− |
| Gaskill Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| McCalmont Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C− |
| Big Run | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brady Township | — | — | A | — | B | C+ |
| Winslow Township | — | — | A | — | B | C− |
| Bell Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| Sykesville | — | — | A+ | — | B | C |
Henderson Township, McCalmont Township, Brady Township, Winslow Township, Bell Township and Sykesville have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Henderson Township, McCalmont Township, Brady Township, Winslow Township, Bell Township and Sykesville report no FBI crime data of their own. Gaskill Township and Big Run aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Henderson Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $138,000. That is 2.4 years of the area's median household income ($58,686 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.