Hendersonville vs Mills River

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

Hendersonville and Mills River 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 7,214 in Mills River). Mills River has the higher median household income ($88,359 vs $52,337 in Hendersonville). Mills River has the higher median home value ($358,500 vs $282,500 in Hendersonville).

Population, income & housing

	Hendersonville	Mills River
Population	15,253	7,214
Median age	50.3 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,337	$88,359
Median home value	$282,500	$358,500
Median gross rent	$1,232	$1,611
Housing units	8,531	3,122
Homeownership rate	45.1%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hendersonville	Mills River
Population	13,908 → 15,253 (+9.7%)	7,251 → 7,214 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$38,696 → $52,337 (+35.3%)	$66,667 → $88,359 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$188,100 → $282,500 (+50.2%)	$257,800 → $358,500 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $1,232 (+42.6%)	$956 → $1,611 (+68.5%)

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

Mills River

Population

7,2517,214

Median household income

$66,667$88,359

Median home value

$257,800$358,500

Median gross rent

$956$1,611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hendersonville	Mills River
Under 5	4.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	7.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	14.7%	18.2%
75 and over	16.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hendersonville	Mills River
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	84.0%
Black or African American	7.9%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	1.2%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hendersonville	Mills River
No high school diploma	7.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	22.8%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hendersonville	Mills River
Drove alone	77.3%	79.8%
Carpooled	11.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	9.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hendersonville	Mills River
1-unit, detached	39.7%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Hendersonville	Mills River
Poverty rate	16.8%	2.0%
Average household size	1.89	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1985	1997