Etowah vs Hendersonville

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

Etowah 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 7,765 in Etowah). Etowah has the higher median household income ($73,000 vs $52,337 in Hendersonville). Etowah has the higher median home value ($313,500 vs $282,500 in Hendersonville).

Population, income & housing

	Etowah	Hendersonville
Population	7,765	15,253
Median age	46.2 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,000	$52,337
Median home value	$313,500	$282,500
Median gross rent	$1,442	$1,232
Housing units	3,678	8,531
Homeownership rate	83.5%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Etowah	Hendersonville
Population	7,653 → 7,765 (+1.5%)	13,908 → 15,253 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$56,048 → $73,000 (+30.2%)	$38,696 → $52,337 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$214,700 → $313,500 (+46.0%)	$188,100 → $282,500 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $1,442 (+120.5%)	$864 → $1,232 (+42.6%)

Etowah

Population

7,6537,765

Median household income

$56,048$73,000

Median home value

$214,700$313,500

Median gross rent

$654$1,442

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)

	Etowah	Hendersonville
Under 5	5.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	16.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	16.4%	14.7%
75 and over	10.6%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Etowah	Hendersonville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	78.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Etowah	Hendersonville
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	24.7%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Etowah	Hendersonville
Drove alone	77.5%	77.3%
Carpooled	15.6%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.3%	7.9%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Etowah	Hendersonville
1-unit, detached	80.0%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Etowah	Hendersonville
Poverty rate	12.8%	16.8%
Average household size	2.46	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1988	1985