County · North Carolina

Henderson County, North Carolina

Henderson County, North Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 83 out of 100 (very high), ranking #533 of 3,143 US counties. Within North Carolina it ranks #6 of 100 counties. It ranks best on hot days (low), distance to an airport (low) and hospital quality rating (high). It ranks worst on home price to income ratio (high), cost of buying a home today (high) and drought exposure (high).

83Very high

Quality-of-life score: #533 of 3,143 counties
North Carolina: #6 of 100 in NC
Population: 122,375 (2025)
Land area: 373 mi²
Density: 328.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 37089

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety43#1,756/3,096
Economy79#666/3,143
Housing28#2,263/3,140
Health80#643/3,144
Healthcare89#341/3,143
Environment97#108/3,108
Education83#538/3,144
Infrastructure85#468/3,144
Community71#925/3,144
Leisure & amenities59#1,278/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Henderson County, North Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Hot days · low0 days
98/100North Carolina 32 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Distance to an airport · low9 mi
98/100North Carolina 30 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Hospital quality rating · high5.0
97/100North Carolina 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
New homes permitted · high10.7 /1k
96/100North Carolina 8.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Adult obesity · low30.4%
93/100North Carolina 37.2%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Comfortable days · high32.2%
93/100North Carolina 30.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Weaknesses

Home price to income ratio · high5.2×
8/100North Carolina 4.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Cost of buying a home today · high41.4%
9/100North Carolina 33.1%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Drought exposure · high76%
17/100North Carolina 80%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Homicide rate · high6.1 /100k
23/100North Carolina 6.9 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Injury deaths · high116 /100k
24/100North Carolina 97 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public libraries · low0.5 /10k
25/100North Carolina 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 76% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+76 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Hot daysImproving
1 days (2011-2020) → 0 days (2016-2025)
−83%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
New business applicationsImproving
7.8 /1k (2020) → 12.5 /1k (2025)
+60%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
27.3 /100k (2021) → 11.1 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−59%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
New homes permittedImproving
6.7 /1k (2021) → 10.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+59%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
31.7% (Dec 2021) → 41.4% (Aug 2026)
+9.7 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%

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 County, North Carolina improved on 10 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 18 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Weekly wage+30%$833 → $1,087
Overdose deaths−62%29.2 /100k → 11.1 /100k
Bachelor's++4.7 points31.8% → 36.5%
Uninsured−2.4 points14.7% → 12.3%
Real income+35%$48,736 → $65,973

Declined1

Price / income+1.3×3.8× → 5.2×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Henderson County, North Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.3 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	+27%	Within the margin of error	79%
Average commute time	21.8 min2015-2019	22.5 min2020-2024	+0.7 min	Within the margin of error	43%
Average weekly wage	$8332020	$1,0872025	+30%	Improved	85%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%2015-2019	36.5%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Improved	82%
Broadband subscriptions	82.3%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Improved	28%
Child poverty rate	18.1%2019	14.7%2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Distance to an airport	9 mi2020	9 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	29.2 /100k2020	11.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−62%	Improved	87%
Effective property tax rate	0.60%2015-2019	0.49%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	47%
Firearm deaths	14.6 /100k2020	17.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+21%	Within the margin of error	22%
Grocery stores	1.8 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−9.3%	Within the margin of error	29%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+19%	Within the margin of error	71%
High school diploma or higher	89.9%2015-2019	91.6%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Home price to income ratio	3.8×2015-2019	5.2×2020-2024	+1.3×	Declined	4%
Homicide rate	4.7 /100k2020	6.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+30%	Within the margin of error	8%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,7362019	$65,9732024	+35%	Improved	71%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4372015-2019	0.4502020-2024	+0.012	Within the margin of error	32%
Median household income	$61,6512019	$72,8202024	+18%	Improved	17%
New business applications	7.8 /1k2020	12.5 /1k2025	+60%	Improved	69%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−14%	Within the margin of error	34%
Poverty rate	10.6%2019	9.8%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Property crime rate	1,821 /100k2020	1,021 /100k2025	−44%	Improved	65%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−3.2%	Within the margin of error	34%
Rent as share of income	28.6%2015-2019	28.9%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Rent-burdened households	46.3%2015-2019	47.7%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Restaurants and bars	7.5 /10k2020	7.8 /10k2025	+3.9%	Within the margin of error	61%
Students per teacher	15.3×2019	14.9×2024	−0.5×	Little change	42%
Suicide rate	20.6 /100k2020	20.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.4%	Within the margin of error	62%
Traffic deaths	9.9 /100k2015-2019	11.1 /100k2020-2024	+12%	Within the margin of error	40%
Unemployment rate	6.6%2020	3.5%2025	−3.1 points	Improved	64%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.7%2019	12.3%2024	−2.4 points	Improved	75%
Violent crime rate	161 /100k2020	136 /100k2025	−15%	Within the margin of error	49%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Henderson County, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Henderson County, North Carolina 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 County, North Carolina itself moved +1.9 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

118,484 residents

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

51,067 households (±711)

Henderson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k14%7,035
$25k–50k21%10,900
$50k–75k19%9,659

Homes

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

Owners and renters

51,067 households (±711)

Henderson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own75%38,311
Rent25%12,756

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

53,540 workers (±1,147)

Henderson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone76%40,906
Carpool11%6,049
Public transit0.0%†23

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Asheville, NC

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.

Henderson County has 3,085 employer establishments, 258 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248; 1.09× North Carolina's), with 38,824 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,920. The Census Bureau also counts 11,044 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,085; 11,044 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 258; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 38,824
Average annual pay: $48,920; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	300	25.1	1.62×More than typical	2,001	$58,117	997
Ambulatory health care services	248	20.7	0.99×About typical	2,729	$64,507	549
Restaurants and other eating places	188	15.7	0.86×About typical	3,613	$22,726	37
Lessors of real estate	173	14.5	1.17×About typical	352	$39,284	1,162
Construction of buildings	163	13.6	1.80×More than typical	642	$61,664	531
Services to buildings and dwellings	133	11.1	1.65×More than typical	1,021	$46,458	859
Building equipment contractors	118	9.9	1.64×More than typical	1,018	$58,188	130
Religious organizations	103	8.6	1.55×More than typical	741	$27,099	—
Landscaping services	93	7.8	2.22×More than typical	755	$52,238	362
Real estate agents and brokers	87	7.3	1.49×More than typical	149	$43,289	384
Full-service restaurants	84	7	0.91×About typical	1,557	$26,011	19
Automotive repair and maintenance	83	6.9	1.38×More than typical	400	$42,680	139

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 119,643 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $201.7M on contracts performed in Henderson County, North Carolina: $1,648 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $201.7M; −26% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,648; US $2,007
Sole-source: 1.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.4%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$182.4M90%
Defense Logistics Agency$15.5M7.7%
Federal Aviation Administration$1.2M0.6%
Department of the Army$978.3K0.5%
National Park Service$680.6K0.3%
Federal Emergency Management Agency$446.8K0.2%
National Institutes of Health$380.4K0.2%
Office of the Chief Financial Officer$113.9K0.1%

Top recipients

SDV OFFICE SYSTEMS LLC$198M98%
M. C. DEAN, INC.$1.2M0.6%
SURVIVAL INNOVATIONS, LLC$978.3K0.5%
HEATH & SONS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC$750K0.4%
TERRA SITE CONSTRUCTORS LLC$263.1K0.1%

Spending by fiscal year

6.6MFY2017
6.6MFY2018
13.1MFY2019
9.7MFY2020
7.4MFY2021
4.7MFY2022
1.2MFY2023
21MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$153.8M76%
Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing · 3372$25.9M13%
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4234$15.4M7.6%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$2.5M1.3%
Investigation and security services · 5616$1.2M0.6%
Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing · 3159$978.3K

Largest awards

EXPRESS REPORT: NX ORDERS PLACED FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2025$32.1M
SDV OFFICE SYSTEMS LLC· Henderson County, NC· Health & medical· Oct 8, 2025 – Oct 8, 2025· 36C10G26K0027
DA VINCI 5 DUAL CONSOLE SYSTEM$10.1M
SDV OFFICE SYSTEMS LLC· Henderson County, NC· Health & medical· Aug 27, 2025 – Dec 3, 2025· 36C24725F0303
TWO(2) DA VINCI XI DUAL CONSOLE SYSTEM'S$6.4M
SDV OFFICE SYSTEMS LLC· Henderson County, NC· Health & medical· Jun 22, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026· 36C24926N0592
DA VINCI ROBOTS$6M

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Henderson County, North Carolina: $9,115 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.1B; +1.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,115; US $12,975
Loan face value: $30.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$742.3M67%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$80.6M7.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$73M6.5%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$58.9M5.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$44.5M4.0%
20.271 · Emergency Relief (ER) Program$40.9M3.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$11.7M1.0%
10.923 · Emergency Watershed Protection Program$9.5M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRANSPORTATION NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT$132.2M12%
RALEIGH, NC
HENDERSON COUNTY GOVERNMENT$9.5M0.9%
HENDERSONVILLE, NC
BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC.$8.1M0.7%
HENDERSONVILLE, NC
WESTERN CAROLINA COMMUNITY ACTION, INC$6M0.5%
HENDERSONVILLE, NC
BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$857.4M77%
Federal Highway Administration$132.2M12%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$84.1M7.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Natural Resources Conservation Service$9.6M0.9%
Department of Agriculture
Health Resources and Services Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

836MFY2021
902MFY2022
945.1MFY2023
998.8MFY2024
1.1BFY2025
1.1BFY2026

County aggregates

85%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Henderson County, North Carolina compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Henderson County, North Carolina
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Henderson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2017	$57.36	$1,436
FY2018	$56.97	$1,552
FY2019	$112	$1,654
FY2020	$83.59	$1,880
FY2021	$63.37	$1,810
FY2022	$40.05	$1,917
FY2023	$10.40	$2,079
FY2024	$173	$2,047
FY2025	$2,221	$2,165
FY2026	$1,648 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Henderson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2017	$5.74	$93.28
FY2018	$7.65	$105
FY2019	$1.81	$128
FY2020	$2.07	$145
FY2021	$1.53	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Henderson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$566	$5,748
FY2022	$791	$5,221
FY2023	$649	$5,364
FY2024	$804	$5,501
FY2025	$2,845	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Henderson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$225	$298
FY2022	$543	$357
FY2023	$463	$301
FY2024	$493	$319
FY2025	$547	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Henderson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$58.80	$239
FY2022	$63.48	$185
FY2023	$63.29	$229
FY2024	$67.21	$229
FY2025	$73.38	$249
FY2026

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Henderson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$199	$2,304
FY2022	$183	$2,197
FY2023	$165	$2,274
FY2024	$119	$2,267
FY2025	$62.55	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Henderson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$845	$1,186
FY2022	$318	$465
FY2023	$123	$76.52
FY2024	$77.70	$120
FY2025	$261	$148
FY2026	$10.75

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Henderson County, North Carolina
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Henderson County, North Carolina and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	0.0%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Transportation grants · FY2022

$543 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of $225 (2.4× that).

Compared with 9 similar counties

Henderson County, North Carolina
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/37089

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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 County, North Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Chuck EdwardsR-NC-11 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 1.6%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Henderson County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Asheville, NC85Central county

Cities and towns in Henderson County

Places whose residents live mostly in Henderson County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
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Calendar years	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−4.4%	−4.2%
2015	−1.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.9%	+3.3%
2018	+6.9%	+6.8%
2019	+9.3%	+10.5%
2020	+15.5%	+19.4%
2021	+25.4%	+26.1%
2022	+35.4%	+30.6%
2023	+40.1%	+35.0%
2024	+44.4%	+41.0%
2025	+50.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−8.2%	−5.5%
2015	−4.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.2%	+4.1%
2018	+7.4%	+8.9%
2019	+13.3%	+13.5%
2020	+18.9%	+20.8%
2021	+32.1%	+32.1%
2022	+36.5%	+35.4%
2023	+47.8%	+42.9%
2024	+56.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	3.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	5.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	5.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	7.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	5.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.9/1k	4.4/1k
2021	6.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	9.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	6.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	13.3/1k	4.3/1k
2025	8.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−11.8%	−6.9%
2015	−11.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−4.3%	+4.7%
2018	+0.7%	+7.5%
2019	+14.9%	+14.0%
2020	+12.9%	+16.9%
2021	+12.6%	+21.0%
2022	+21.7%	+29.7%
2023	+18.9%	+34.9%
2024	+35.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−15.6% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−7.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+9.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+16.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+20.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+32.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+56.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+76.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+83.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+90.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+85.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	4.9%	6.2%
2015	4.7%	5.3%
2016	4.1%	4.9%
2017	3.7%	4.4%
2018	3.2%	3.9%
2019	3.2%	3.7%
2020	6.6%	8.1%
2021	4.0%	5.4%
2022	3.1%	3.7%
2023	2.8%	3.6%
2024	3.3%	4.0%
2025	3.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	12.9%	15.5%
2015	13.1%	14.7%
2016	12.2%	14.0%
2017	10.7%	13.4%
2018	9.7%	13.1%
2019	10.6%	12.3%
2020	11.0%	11.9%
2021	12.0%	12.8%
2022	12.3%	12.6%
2023	10.6%	12.5%
2024	9.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	— (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	17.1%	13.5%
2015	14.6%	10.9%
2016	14.2%	10.0%
2017	15.2%	10.2%
2018	14.6%	10.4%
2019	14.7%	10.8%
2020	15.0%	10.4%
2021	13.7%	10.2%
2022	13.6%	9.5%
2023	12.8%	9.5%
2024	12.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Henderson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	6.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.1/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.4/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	10.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	10.2/1k	15.1/1k
2023	11.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	11.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.5/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Henderson County, North Carolina	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+1.0 points	−0.6 points	−1.2 points to −0.2 points
Year −2	−5.2 points	−6.7 points	−7.9 points to −5.8 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+2.6 points	−0.7 points	−1.1 points to −0.2 points
Year +1	+2.3 points	−1.1 points	−3.7 points to +0.9 points
Year +2	+1.9 points	−0.8 points	−2.9 points to +2.7 points

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