Henderson vs Tatum

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

Henderson and Tatum 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 1,528 in Tatum). Tatum has the higher median household income ($70,708 vs $54,179 in Henderson). Tatum has the higher median home value ($200,800 vs $166,900 in Henderson).

Population, income & housing

	Henderson	Tatum
Population	13,348	1,528
Median age	37.2 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,179	$70,708
Median home value	$166,900	$200,800
Median gross rent	$1,011	$852
Housing units	4,978	733
Homeownership rate	66.5%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henderson	Tatum
Population	13,237 → 13,348 (+0.8%)	1,272 → 1,528 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$48,672 → $54,179 (+11.3%)	$41,875 → $70,708 (+68.9%)
Median home value	$121,600 → $166,900 (+37.3%)	$154,200 → $200,800 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $1,011 (+36.8%)	$596 → $852 (+43.0%)

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

Tatum

Population

1,2721,528

Median household income

$41,875$70,708

Median home value

$154,200$200,800

Median gross rent

$596$852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henderson	Tatum
Under 5	5.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	25.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	16.7%	17.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	3.4%
75 and over	6.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henderson	Tatum
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	48.0%
Black or African American	18.9%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	23.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henderson	Tatum
No high school diploma	16.7%	15.1%
High school graduate	32.3%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henderson	Tatum
Drove alone	88.1%	77.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	15.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henderson	Tatum
1-unit, detached	78.4%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	23.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Henderson	Tatum
Poverty rate	14.2%	18.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1972	1994