Henderson is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 14,857 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Henderson is the 73rd largest community in North Carolina.Henderson is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Henderson is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Henderson who work in office and administrative support (11.86%), sales jobs (8.01%), and food service (7.25%). A relatively large number of people in Henderson telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.23% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Henderson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Henderson with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.21% of adults in Henderson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Henderson in 2022 was $24,005, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,020 for a family of four. However, Henderson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Henderson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Henderson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Henderson residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Henderson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.64% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Henderson include English, Irish, Jamaican, Scots-Irish, and German. The most common language spoken in Henderson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
