Henderson vs Lake Cherokee

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

Henderson and Lake Cherokee are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Henderson has the higher population (13,348 vs 3,358 in Lake Cherokee). Lake Cherokee has the higher median household income ($91,571 vs $54,179 in Henderson). Lake Cherokee has the higher median home value ($394,900 vs $166,900 in Henderson).

Population, income & housing

	Henderson	Lake Cherokee
Population	13,348	3,358
Median age	37.2 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,179	$91,571
Median home value	$166,900	$394,900
Median gross rent	$1,011	$919
Housing units	4,978	1,838
Homeownership rate	66.5%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henderson	Lake Cherokee
Population	13,237 → 13,348 (+0.8%)	2,942 → 3,358 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$48,672 → $54,179 (+11.3%)	$69,034 → $91,571 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$121,600 → $166,900 (+37.3%)	$272,000 → $394,900 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $1,011 (+36.8%)	$806 → $919 (+14.0%)

Henderson

Population

13,23713,348

Median household income

$48,672$54,179

Median home value

$121,600$166,900

Median gross rent

$739$1,011

Lake Cherokee

Population

2,9423,358

Median household income

$69,034$91,571

Median home value

$272,000$394,900

Median gross rent

$806$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henderson	Lake Cherokee
Under 5	5.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	12.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	16.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	5.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	19.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	26.4%
75 and over	6.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henderson	Lake Cherokee
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	87.4%
Black or African American	18.9%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henderson	Lake Cherokee
No high school diploma	16.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	32.3%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henderson	Lake Cherokee
Drove alone	88.1%	80.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	5.6%
Other means	0.4%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henderson	Lake Cherokee
1-unit, detached	78.4%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Henderson	Lake Cherokee
Poverty rate	14.2%	10.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1972	1994