East Flat Rock vs Hendersonville

A side-by-side comparison of East Flat Rock and Hendersonville: population, income, housing, and more.

East Flat Rock 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 6,468 in East Flat Rock). East Flat Rock has the higher median household income ($59,679 vs $52,337 in Hendersonville). Hendersonville has the higher median home value ($282,500 vs $207,400 in East Flat Rock).

Population, income & housing

	East Flat Rock	Hendersonville
Population	6,468	15,253
Median age	34.5 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,679	$52,337
Median home value	$207,400	$282,500
Median gross rent	$977	$1,232
Housing units	2,243	8,531
Homeownership rate	64.2%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Flat Rock	Hendersonville
Population	5,647 → 6,468 (+14.5%)	13,908 → 15,253 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$46,394 → $59,679 (+28.6%)	$38,696 → $52,337 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $207,400 (+33.3%)	$188,100 → $282,500 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $977 (+51.2%)	$864 → $1,232 (+42.6%)

East Flat Rock

Population

5,6476,468

Median household income

$46,394$59,679

Median home value

$155,600$207,400

Median gross rent

$646$977

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)

	East Flat Rock	Hendersonville
Under 5	4.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	14.7%
75 and over	6.1%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Flat Rock	Hendersonville
White (non-Hispanic)	65.6%	78.3%
Black or African American	4.1%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	26.7%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Flat Rock	Hendersonville
No high school diploma	17.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	34.7%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Flat Rock	Hendersonville
Drove alone	83.6%	77.3%
Carpooled	12.0%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	1.3%	7.9%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Flat Rock	Hendersonville
1-unit, detached	58.3%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	16.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	35.8%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	East Flat Rock	Hendersonville
Poverty rate	12.3%	16.8%
Average household size	2.86	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1983	1985