Dana vs Hendersonville

A side-by-side comparison of Dana and Hendersonville: population, income, housing, and more.

Dana and Hendersonville are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hendersonville has the higher population (15,253 vs 3,824 in Dana). Dana has the higher median household income ($55,801 vs $52,337 in Hendersonville). Hendersonville has the higher median home value ($282,500 vs $223,400 in Dana).

Population, income & housing

	Dana	Hendersonville
Population	3,824	15,253
Median age	40.4 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,801	$52,337
Median home value	$223,400	$282,500
Median gross rent	$901	$1,232
Housing units	1,602	8,531
Homeownership rate	77.7%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dana	Hendersonville
Population	3,919 → 3,824 (-2.4%)	13,908 → 15,253 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$45,146 → $55,801 (+23.6%)	$38,696 → $52,337 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $223,400 (+59.0%)	$188,100 → $282,500 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $901 (+16.6%)	$864 → $1,232 (+42.6%)

Dana

Population

3,9193,824

Median household income

$45,146$55,801

Median home value

$140,500$223,400

Median gross rent

$773$901

Hendersonville

Population

13,90815,253

Median household income

$38,696$52,337

Median home value

$188,100$282,500

Median gross rent

$864$1,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dana	Hendersonville
Under 5	5.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	12.5%
18 to 24	3.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	7.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	21.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	4.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	14.7%
75 and over	6.5%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dana	Hendersonville
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	36.1%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dana	Hendersonville
No high school diploma	23.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	27.5%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dana	Hendersonville
Drove alone	79.4%	77.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.6%	7.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dana	Hendersonville
1-unit, detached	61.0%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Dana	Hendersonville
Poverty rate	28.5%	16.8%
Average household size	2.60	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1992	1985