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Henderson

United States · GDP 2024
#621 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.4B
GDP growth
+6.5%
Jobs tracked
38,824
Employers
3,085
Avg. wage
$52.5k
Population
122,375
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$68.2k±$3.7k
Business applications
1,526 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care27%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing21%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
122,375
residents · 2025 · +5.0% since 2020
Income per capita $63.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+6,553
International migration+1,928
Natural change−2,786

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$4.3B
2019
$4.3B
2020
$4.7B
2021
$5.3B
2022
$6.0B
2023
$6.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$351.4k±$8.8k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
12.0%±1.2%
Affordability
6.7× wages
Residential permits
1,093 (8.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
83.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 96Cold wave 95Landslide 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
515
2016
554
2017
591
2018
632
2019
649
2020
736
2021
884
2022
953
2023
1021
2024
1021
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.9 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
1.0 km
BLU
Nearest port
140.7 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
12.4 km
ASHEVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.5k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Boone$6.4BFranklin$6.4BWalworth$6.4BWalton$6.4BTangipahoa$6.4BDougherty$6.3B
The read

Henderson's economy produced $6.4B in 2024, growing 6.5% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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