County profile
Henderson County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#621 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
38,824
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,085
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
122,375
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$68.2k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
36.5%±1.4%
Poverty rate
11.6%±1.4%
Business applications
1,526 · 2025
Retail establishments
415
34.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
$4.3B2019
$4.3B2020
$4.7B2021
$5.3B2022
$6.0B2023
$6.4B2024
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
$369.6M
1,093 units · 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
5152016
5542017
5912018
6322019
6492020
7362021
8842022
9532023
10212024
10212025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 38% since 20217902021
1,0802022
7752023
1,6102024
1,0932025
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
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What is the GDP of Henderson?
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.