Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Henderson are lower than in 72% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 14.9% (Texas 13.8%). For jobs and income Henderson is better than 35% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (C+). 4% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Henderson stands out on work
Henderson draws workers from far and wide
The 6,192 jobs in Henderson are filled from a wide area. Henderson’s own residents hold 22% and the ten next-biggest home towns 13%; the other 65% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Henderson are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Henderson’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Henderson is Longview, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (437) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Henderson workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
Where Henderson’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Henderson’s grade up (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Henderson could be anywhere from C− to B.
9% of working residents work in Longview
Where Henderson clocks in
9% of workers
6% of workers
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.
Time on the road from Henderson: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Henderson workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,610 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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 30% 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.
A workday in Henderson: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,697 residents head out to work, 1,366 work right here, and 4,826 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 (1.22 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 the 6,192 jobs in Henderson are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henderson, 2013 → 2023: 6,280 → 6,192. 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, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,798 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 (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Henderson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Henderson places 1,878th of 2,526 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Bellaire TX | 17,434 | $244K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,876 | Waimea HI | 9,286 | $100K | 12.3% | 5.4% | 18% | C |
| 1,877 | Clute TX | 10,821 | $70K | 10.4% | 8.6% | 16% | C |
| 1,878 | Henderson TX | 13,496 | $61K | 14.9% | 4.2% | 27% | C |
| 1,879 | Pleasant Township OH | 10,983 | $61K | 12.3% | 4.7% | 38% | C |
| 1,880 | Fort Lupton CO | 10,402 | $81K | 17.6% | 8.4% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Texas.
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?
$61,285 (±$10,656) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henderson?
14.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henderson?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henderson work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Longview (9%, 25 mi), Tyler (6%, 32 mi), Houston (4%, 168 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Henderson walkable?
Henderson is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% 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.