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SheetNV-HENDERSON-NV · Henderson, NV 324,523 pop · income 70th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Henderson
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Henderson on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
San Juan zona… · lowest
27,500
San Juan zona… · lowest
27,500 median HH income
29.3% of the leader · rank #1
Highland · near
88,628
Highland · near
88,628 median HH income
94.3% of the leader · rank #2
Grafton · near
88,634
Grafton · near
88,634 median HH income
94.3% of the leader · rank #3
Beechwood · near
88,653
Beechwood · near
88,653 median HH income
94.3% of the leader · rank #4
Henderson · this city
88,654
Henderson · this city
88,654 median HH income
94.3% of the leader · rank #5
Buena Vista · near
88,664
Buena Vista · near
88,664 median HH income
94.3% of the leader · rank #6
Enterprise · highest
93,980
Enterprise · highest
93,980 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Henderson on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 324,523.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Henderson - the verdict
Henderson ranks in the 70th percentile for household income and the 32nd percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
70th
percentile, household income
83rd
percentile, home value
67th
percentile, median rent
32nd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Henderson, NV
324,523 people live in Henderson, Nevada - a mid-sized U.S. city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $88,654 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.7%. Henderson's housing stock carries a median value of $465,000, and the median resident age is 42.5 years. 36.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 56.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 3,286 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Growing), up 16% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 1987.4 in FBI UCR data, near the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Nevada tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,428 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $190 across Nevada, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 46.2 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Henderson's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to schools and households to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to population change to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Henderson, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Henderson?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the education layer cover for Henderson?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 56 public schools within the city match. 36.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
What does the journey to work look like in Henderson?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Henderson?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Nevada, the closest population matches are North Las Vegas (270,773 residents, $76,772 income); Reno (268,959 residents, $78,448 income); Enterprise (232,043 residents, $93,980 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Lexington-Fayette, KY (321,122 residents); San Juan zona urbana, PR (320,691 residents); Stockton, CA (320,470 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is Henderson growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +34,800 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +10.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 3,286 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
318,489
2025 estimate
353,289
Period change
+10.9%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Henderson?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1987.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 13% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
1987.4
Violent rate
272.4
Property rate
1715.0
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Above median income · poverty 5.7% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Nevada average
C
City profile score · Henderson, NV
55/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share B
36.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B-
$88,654
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C+
5.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime F
272 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Henderson profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 70/100 (B) · 36.8%
Household income: 68/100 (B-) · $88,654
Poverty rate: 61/100 (C+) · 5.7%
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Violent crime: 37/100 (F) · 272 /100k
Where Henderson sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Henderson's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Henderson highlighted among 26 peers.Read the chart values
Henderson, NV (this city): home $465,000, crime 1,987/100k
Stockton, CA : home $412,900, crime 3,785/100k
Corpus Christi, TX : home $197,100, crime 3,875/100k
Riverside, CA : home $542,100, crime 3,422/100k
North Las Vegas, NV : home $372,300, crime 2,350/100k
Reno, NV : home $498,600, crime 2,975/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Henderson compare to other US cities?
Henderson measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income70% higher than other cities
Home value83% pricier than other cities
Median rent67% pricier than other cities
Safety32% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Nevada, Henderson ranks #5 of 10 Nevada cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Henderson against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Nevada only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Nevada-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Henderson near the bottom of Nevada's cities
Among the 111 Nevada cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Henderson ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Henderson only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#34 of 101
66th percentile in Nevada
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 111
0th percentile in Nevada
Median Home Value
#30 of 97
69th percentile in Nevada
Poverty Rate
#51 of 111
52nd percentile in Nevada
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#19 of 111
83rd percentile in Nevada
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Nevada only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
70th percentile nationally for median household income · 32nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Henderson's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Henderson's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Henderson's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$465,00017th percentilemore affordable than 17% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Henderson's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,245 of 15,516
More affordable than 15% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#75 of 117
Large cities (200,000–999,999)
At 5.2×, Henderson sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,245 of 15,516 and #75 of 117large cities (200,000–999,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$88,654Henderson, NV median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Henderson, NV median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Henderson, NV.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)36.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)56.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
324,523
Median Income
$88,654
Median Home Value
$465,000
Median Age
42.5
Poverty Rate
5.7%
Labor force participation
56.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
36.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1987.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
272.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1715.0
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
56
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Henderson's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
318,489 residents
2021
321,960 residents
2022
330,666 residents
2023
338,637 residents
2024
347,910 residents
2025
353,289 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Growing
Total Permits (2024)
3,286
housing units authorized
Single-Family
3,216
detached homes
Multifamily
70
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
10.1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
2,826
2,314
512
$660.2M
2020
2,391
2,264
127
$422.0M
2021
4,743
3,356
1,387
$1008.1M
2022
3,780
2,481
1,299
$792.4M
2023
3,928
3,512
416
$1066.3M
2024
3,286
3,216
70
$1004.7M
Permit volume increased 16% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
72.9%
Carpool
7.6%
Public Transit
0.8%
Walk
0.7%
Work from Home
15.8%
Other
2.2%
Based on 146,287 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Nevada statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $190
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Nevada at $190 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Nevada statewide averages, not a meter reading for Henderson. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Nevada's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Henderson is $1,428/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Nevada statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 46.2 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Nevada statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Henderson sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Henderson compares to similar-size Nevada cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.