City · York County, Nebraska

Henderson, Nebraska

Henderson is a city in York County, Nebraska. It has 1,049 residents. Henderson, Nebraska has a quality-of-life score of 82 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,859 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Nebraska it ranks #58 of 119 cities and towns. It ranks best on average commute time (low), distance to an emergency room (low) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on natural hazard risk (high), new business applications (low) and traffic deaths (high).

82Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,859 of 15,651 cities and towns
Nebraska: #58 of 119 in NE
Population: 1,049 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,591.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 3122080

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety62#5,936/15,637
Economy72#4,452/15,631
Housing78#3,343/14,977
Health78#3,358/15,609
Healthcare79#3,243/15,650
Environment60#6,146/15,453
Education71#4,609/15,649
Infrastructure55#7,116/15,650
Community82#2,887/15,651
Leisure & amenities45#8,617/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Henderson, Nebraska ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “York County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Average commute time · low10.4 min
99/100Nebraska 19.2 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Distance to an emergency room · low2.2 mi
99/100Nebraska 5.1 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesYork County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Nebraska 6.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataYork County value
Loneliness · low30.1%
99/100Nebraska 29.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Social associations · high18.1 /10k
97/100Nebraska 13.4 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteYork County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
94/100Nebraska 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Weaknesses

Natural hazard risk · high94.4
6/100Nebraska 52.42025Federal Emergency Management AgencyYork County value
New business applications · low8.1 /1k
7/100Nebraska 11.3 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauYork County value
Traffic deaths · high26.6 /100k
10/100Nebraska 11.9 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataYork County value
Distance to an airport · high94 mi
11/100Nebraska 65 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauYork County value
Broadband subscriptions · low85.5%
24/100Nebraska 90.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Adult obesity · high39.4%
26/100Nebraska 39.8%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
37.7% (2015-2019) → 63.6% (2020-2024)
+26 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.3% (2015-2019) → 36.5% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
24.0% (2015-2019) → 32.5% (2020-2024)
+8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$59,559 (2015-2019) → $82,500 (2020-2024)
+39%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.0% (2015-2019) → 85.5% (2020-2024)
+6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Average commute timeImproving
14.7 min (2015-2019) → 10.4 min (2020-2024)
−30%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Henderson, Nebraska improved on 1 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+39%$59,559 → $82,500

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Henderson, Nebraska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	14.7 min2015-2019	10.4 min2020-2024	−4.4 min	Within the margin of error	87%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%2015-2019	32.5%2020-2024	+8.5 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Broadband subscriptions	79.0%2015-2019	85.5%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Effective property tax rate	1.43%2015-2019	1.19%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	65%
High school diploma or higher	97.7%2015-2019	97.0%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	81%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3802015-2019	0.4032020-2024	+0.023	Within the margin of error	32%
Median household income	$59,5592015-2019	$82,5002020-2024	+39%	Improved	71%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Henderson, Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Henderson, Nebraska in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Henderson, Nebraska itself moved −1.8 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,049 residents (±206)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

386 households (±70)

Henderson, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $25k17%†66
$25k–50k14%†53
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

386 households (±70)

Henderson, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Own90%347
Rent10%†39

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+8.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

417 workers (±124)

Henderson, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Drive alone86%†358
Carpool10%†43
Public transit

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of York County, the county holding most of Henderson's residents.

York County has 538 employer establishments, 374 for every 10,000 residents (1.50× the US rate of 248; 1.31× Nebraska's), with 6,530 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,694. The Census Bureau also counts 1,141 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 538; 1,141 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 374; US 248 · Nebraska 284
Paid employees: 6,530
Average annual pay: $46,694; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of York County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	39	27.1	1.75×More than typical	216	$72,292	84
Ambulatory health care services	38	26.4	1.27×More than typical	245	$68,849	30
Restaurants and other eating places	32	22.2	1.21×About typical	623	$17,496	5
Truck transportation	26	18.1	3.57×More than typical	39	$57,769	63
Automotive repair and maintenance	23	16	3.17×More than typical	149	$43,134	24
Religious organizations	23	16	2.88×More than typical	185	$21,865	—
Offices of other health practitioners	21	14.6	2.40×More than typical	71	$37,859	19
Building equipment contractors	19	13.2	2.19×More than typical	96	$56,458	12
Insurance agencies and brokerages	18	12.5	2.85×More than typical	44	$58,705	22
Construction of buildings	15	10.4	1.38×More than typical	27	$41,667	27
Lessors of real estate	15	10.4	0.85×About typical	15	$27,067	196
Banks and credit unions	14	9.7	3.01×More than typical	296	$65,375	—

Rank places for an industry Open York County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,402 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Henderson is mostly in York County.

See federal money in York County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Henderson, Nebraska is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Adrian SmithR-NE-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

York County92100% of residents

Other cities and towns in York County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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