Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Henderson have lower incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Henderson is better than 23% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (A−). Below the poverty line: 24.1% of residents, against 13.8% across Tennessee. About one in four work in Henderson itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (29%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Henderson
Henderson is where the jobs are
Henderson has 3,545 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
29% of Henderson works in Jackson
650 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Jackson, 18 miles away. That’s more than work in Henderson itself. The commute map ↓
The biggest group of Henderson’s workers comes from Jackson
198 of the people who work in Henderson live in Jackson, 18 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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.
The figures behind Henderson’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Henderson’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($45,938, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Henderson could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who commutes out of Henderson, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,626 residents head out to work, 584 work right here, and 2,961 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,900 people are in Henderson on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where the people who work in Henderson live
Where Henderson clocks in
29% of workers
9% 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 3,545 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henderson, 2013 → 2023: 3,331 → 3,545. 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 24 minutes in Henderson
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Henderson workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,981 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Tennessee: 87% 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.
How far it is to work from Henderson
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.
In Henderson, walking beats the bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,184 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). 6.7% of Henderson households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Henderson’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Henderson is 2,647th of 3,283 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 206 | Signal Mountain TN | 8,824 | $141K | 3.3% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 325 | Harrison TN | 8,011 | $89K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 357 | Tellico Village TN | 7,414 | $107K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,645 | Plymouth NH | 6,721 | $77K | 18.6% | 5.6% | 28% | C− |
| 2,646 | Fort Pierce North FL | 7,224 | $40K | 23.9% | 4.2% | 2% | C− |
| 2,647 | Henderson TN | 6,590 | $46K | 24.1% | 3.3% | 26% | C− |
| 2,648 | Alfred NY | 5,147 | $41K | 37.4% | 16.4% | 24% | C− |
| 2,649 | Sayre PA | 5,328 | $51K | 7.8% | 11.9% | 30% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,283 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Tennessee.
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?
$45,938 (±$5,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henderson?
24.1%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henderson?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henderson work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (29%, 18 mi), Memphis (9%, 78 mi), Nashville (3%, 116 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Henderson walkable?
Henderson is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Henderson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% 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.