Work & commute · Henderson

Work & commute in Henderson, NC

Most working residents leave Henderson for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (11%), Durham (8%) and Oxford (6%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,011 of 6,012 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,001 Henderson residents head out of town to work, 1,011 work right here, and 6,144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Henderson.

5,001live here, work elsewhere

1,011live and work here

6,144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Henderson goes to work

Henderson (in town)right here

17%1,011

Raleigh36.4 mi away

11%646

Durham36.1 mi away

8%473

Oxford9.6 mi away

6%382

Charlotte155.9 mi away

3%192

Cary44 mi away

2%118

Wilson49.2 mi away

1%77

Greensboro80.1 mi away

1%77

Wake Forest25.6 mi away

1%63

Butner22.5 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,913

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Henderson commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

12%

32%

22%

35%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Henderson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Henderson are

7,155 jobs are based in Henderson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Henderson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Henderson

7,155 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Henderson residents hold

6,012 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−11%

Jobs based in Henderson, 2013 → 2023: 8,006 → 7,155. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.