Henderson is a medium-sized city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 27,385 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Henderson is the 9th largest community in Kentucky.

Henderson is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Henderson is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Henderson who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.61%), sales jobs (11.52%), and management occupations (6.37%).

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.81 minutes getting to work every day.

Henderson Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Henderson who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 14.01% of the adults in Henderson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Henderson in 2000 was $17,925, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $71,700 for a family of four.

Henderson is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Henderson home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Henderson is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Henderson include German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Henderson is English.