Henderson vs Kittrell

A side-by-side comparison of Henderson and Kittrell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Henderson has the higher population (14,922 vs 53 in Kittrell). Kittrell has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $38,780 in Henderson). Henderson has the higher median home value ($116,800 vs $102,100 in Kittrell).

Population, income & housing

	Henderson	Kittrell
Population	14,922	53
Median age	36.6 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,780	$98,750
Median home value	$116,800	$102,100
Median gross rent	$835	—
Housing units	7,148	49
Homeownership rate	39.6%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henderson	Kittrell
Population	14,948 → 14,922 (-0.2%)	178 → 53 (-70.2%)
Median household income	$31,408 → $38,780 (+23.5%)	$44,000 → $98,750 (+124.4%)
Median home value	$100,100 → $116,800 (+16.7%)	$87,800 → $102,100 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $835 (+24.8%)	$840 → $1,200 (+42.9%)

Henderson

Population

14,94814,922

Median household income

$31,408$38,780

Median home value

$100,100$116,800

Median gross rent

$669$835

Kittrell

Population

17853

Median household income

$44,000$98,750

Median home value

$87,800$102,100

Median gross rent

$840$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henderson	Kittrell
Under 5	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	3.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	1.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	18.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	24.5%
75 and over	7.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henderson	Kittrell
White (non-Hispanic)	25.3%	81.1%
Black or African American	61.7%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henderson	Kittrell
No high school diploma	17.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	29.8%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henderson	Kittrell
Drove alone	79.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	2.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henderson	Kittrell
1-unit, detached	67.3%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Henderson	Kittrell
Poverty rate	27.4%	13.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1969	1974