Henderson, NC
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Henderson, NC: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 41,608. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet HENDERSON-NC · Henderson, NC 2 ZIPs · 41,608 pop · #22108/25278 · Vance County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $48,910
- RANK-BOTTOM #22108/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Kittrell
- BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 56% owners
- POP-SMALL 41,608
- SPREAD-MOD 27536→27537
- HOME-LOW $148,250
Nearest income peer: Kittrell, NC (+ $17,394 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Henderson
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Henderson on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Henderson · this city · lowest
Henderson · this city · lowest
$48,910 median HH income
- Kittrell · highest
Kittrell · highest
$66,304 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Henderson, NC sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- 13th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 41,608
- city population (Census)
- 2
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $48,910
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Lower-income footing on only 2 ZIPs ($48,910 average) · poverty 20.9%. The primary code (27537) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (55.5%) for this income tier, rent $913 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within North Carolina, Brunswick is the closest lower-income city and La Grange the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Henderson.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Henderson differ
The most material local contrast is hardship rather than the city-wide income average. Poverty is 15.4% in ZIP 27537 and 26.5% in 27536. That spread is why the ZIP detail pages are more useful than a single city figure for comparing household conditions.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.4×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.3×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 11.1 points
27536 to 27537
27536 to 27537
27537 to 27536
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 27537 skews compact Henderson
In this 2-ZIP cluster, 27537 covers about 58% of Henderson's 41,608 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Henderson
Citywide ZBP: 826 establishments, 12,568 employees , annual payroll $548,165k (~20 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27536 (569 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (163) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .
ZIP Codes in Henderson, NC
These ZIP codes sit in Vance County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Henderson. See the Vance County roll-up →
Side-by-side: Compare 27537 vs 27536 →
Henderson roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Henderson, .