Henderson vs McCool Junction

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

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

Henderson has the higher population (918 vs 740 in McCool Junction). McCool Junction has the higher median household income ($115,833 vs $76,538 in Henderson). Henderson has the higher median home value ($142,700 vs $138,500 in McCool Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Henderson	McCool Junction
Population	918	740
Median age	42.5 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,538	$115,833
Median home value	$142,700	$138,500
Median gross rent	—	$847
Housing units	410	299
Homeownership rate	85.0%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henderson	McCool Junction
Population	1,006 → 918 (-8.7%)	389 → 740 (+90.2%)
Median household income	$59,559 → $76,538 (+28.5%)	$53,750 → $115,833 (+115.5%)
Median home value	$114,700 → $142,700 (+24.4%)	$125,000 → $138,500 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $764 (+3.5%)	$764 → $847 (+10.9%)

Henderson

Population

1,006918

Median household income

$59,559$76,538

Median home value

$114,700$142,700

Median gross rent

$738$764

McCool Junction

Population

389740

Median household income

$53,750$115,833

Median home value

$125,000$138,500

Median gross rent

$764$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henderson	McCool Junction
Under 5	9.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	9.7%
18 to 24	1.7%	27.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	19.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	8.2%
45 to 54	5.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	14.1%	4.3%
75 and over	18.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henderson	McCool Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.9%
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	7.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henderson	McCool Junction
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.3%
High school graduate	24.0%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henderson	McCool Junction
Drove alone	88.4%	84.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henderson	McCool Junction
1-unit, detached	86.3%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Henderson	McCool Junction
Poverty rate	10.9%	6.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	10	18
Median year structure built	1964	1938