Henderson vs Pacific Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Henderson and Pacific Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

Henderson and Pacific Junction are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Henderson has the higher population (205 vs 75 in Pacific Junction). Henderson has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $37,250 in Pacific Junction). Pacific Junction has the higher median home value ($127,900 vs $87,100 in Henderson).

Population, income & housing

	Henderson	Pacific Junction
Population	205	75
Median age	32.6 yrs	59.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$37,250
Median home value	$87,100	$127,900
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	76	65
Homeownership rate	85.5%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henderson	Pacific Junction
Population	272 → 205 (-24.6%)	361 → 75 (-79.2%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $51,250 (-2.4%)	$49,306 → $37,250 (-24.5%)
Median home value	$71,600 → $87,100 (+21.6%)	$83,500 → $127,900 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $950 (+23.5%)	$861 → $1,097 (+27.4%)

Henderson

Population

272205

Median household income

$52,500$51,250

Median home value

$71,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$769$950

Pacific Junction

Population

36175

Median household income

$49,306$37,250

Median home value

$83,500$127,900

Median gross rent

$861$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henderson	Pacific Junction
Under 5	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	27.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	17.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	16.0%
35 to 44	6.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	22.7%
65 to 74	17.1%	24.0%
75 and over	2.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henderson	Pacific Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henderson	Pacific Junction
No high school diploma	16.9%	12.9%
High school graduate	42.4%	64.5%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henderson	Pacific Junction
Drove alone	81.9%	88.0%
Carpooled	13.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	4.2%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henderson	Pacific Junction
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Henderson	Pacific Junction
Poverty rate	20.5%	25.3%
Average household size	3.73	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1938	1954