Fletcher vs Hendersonville

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

Fletcher 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 8,022 in Fletcher). Fletcher has the higher median household income ($75,117 vs $52,337 in Hendersonville). Fletcher has the higher median home value ($324,000 vs $282,500 in Hendersonville).

Population, income & housing

	Fletcher	Hendersonville
Population	8,022	15,253
Median age	45.5 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,117	$52,337
Median home value	$324,000	$282,500
Median gross rent	$1,207	$1,232
Housing units	3,760	8,531
Homeownership rate	82.1%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fletcher	Hendersonville
Population	8,117 → 8,022 (-1.2%)	13,908 → 15,253 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$64,839 → $75,117 (+15.9%)	$38,696 → $52,337 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$215,700 → $324,000 (+50.2%)	$188,100 → $282,500 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,207 (+8.1%)	$864 → $1,232 (+42.6%)

Fletcher

Population

8,1178,022

Median household income

$64,839$75,117

Median home value

$215,700$324,000

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,207

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)

	Fletcher	Hendersonville
Under 5	4.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	16.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	15.0%	14.7%
75 and over	8.2%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fletcher	Hendersonville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	78.3%
Black or African American	3.3%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fletcher	Hendersonville
No high school diploma	6.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	20.0%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fletcher	Hendersonville
Drove alone	83.5%	77.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.7%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fletcher	Hendersonville
1-unit, detached	63.7%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	15.5%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	16.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Fletcher	Hendersonville
Poverty rate	7.4%	16.8%
Average household size	2.29	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	2001	1985