Henderson vs Robards

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

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

Henderson has the higher population (27,994 vs 474 in Robards). Robards has the higher median household income ($70,833 vs $47,176 in Henderson). Henderson has the higher median home value ($151,400 vs $123,000 in Robards).

Population, income & housing

	Henderson	Robards
Population	27,994	474
Median age	40.3 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,176	$70,833
Median home value	$151,400	$123,000
Median gross rent	$788	$725
Housing units	13,516	224
Homeownership rate	53.6%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henderson	Robards
Population	28,625 → 27,994 (-2.2%)	507 → 474 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$39,887 → $47,176 (+18.3%)	$57,321 → $70,833 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $151,400 (+25.4%)	$93,100 → $123,000 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $788 (+15.0%)	$669 → $725 (+8.4%)

Henderson

Population

28,62527,994

Median household income

$39,887$47,176

Median home value

$120,700$151,400

Median gross rent

$685$788

Robards

Population

507474

Median household income

$57,321$70,833

Median home value

$93,100$123,000

Median gross rent

$669$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henderson	Robards
Under 5	5.7%	2.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	7.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	17.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	20.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	18.4%
75 and over	7.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henderson	Robards
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	93.9%
Black or African American	10.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henderson	Robards
No high school diploma	12.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	37.9%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henderson	Robards
Drove alone	78.1%	84.4%
Carpooled	11.6%	12.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.8%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henderson	Robards
1-unit, detached	58.7%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Henderson	Robards
Poverty rate	19.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1974	1970