Henderson County vs Moore County

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

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

Henderson County has the higher population (117,387 vs 102,840 in Moore County). Moore County has the higher median household income ($82,837 vs $67,623 in Henderson County). Henderson County has the higher median home value ($317,800 vs $315,300 in Moore County).

Population, income & housing

	Henderson County	Moore County
Population	117,387	102,840
Median age	47.2 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,623	$82,837
Median home value	$317,800	$315,300
Median gross rent	$1,120	$1,181
Housing units	57,338	49,419
Homeownership rate	74.2%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henderson County	Moore County
Population	114,913 → 117,387 (+2.2%)	97,294 → 102,840 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$55,945 → $67,623 (+20.9%)	$59,963 → $82,837 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$214,000 → $317,800 (+48.5%)	$216,500 → $315,300 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$853 → $1,120 (+31.3%)	$879 → $1,181 (+34.4%)

Henderson County

Population

114,913117,387

Median household income

$55,945$67,623

Median home value

$214,000$317,800

Median gross rent

$853$1,120

Moore County

Population

97,294102,840

Median household income

$59,963$82,837

Median home value

$216,500$315,300

Median gross rent

$879$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henderson County	Moore County
Under 5	4.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	14.9%	13.0%
75 and over	11.1%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henderson County	Moore County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	75.9%
Black or African American	2.9%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	1.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henderson County	Moore County
No high school diploma	8.9%	7.3%
High school graduate	24.6%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henderson County	Moore County
Drove alone	78.8%	76.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	11.4%
Other means	1.6%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henderson County	Moore County
1-unit, detached	69.4%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	4.4%
20 or more units	2.5%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	15.1%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Henderson County	Moore County
Poverty rate	11.7%	10.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1989	1993