120,771 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.6% since 2020)
373 square miles of land · 324 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
35 active community water systems list Henderson County in the area they serve, reporting 84,729 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HENDERSONVILLE, CITY OF surface water · local government · NC0145010 | 79,278 served |
| FLETCHER ACADEMY INC groundwater · private · NC0145113 | 790 served |
| HIGH VISTA ESTATES buys surface water · private · NC0145140 | 775 served |
| FOX RIDGE S/D groundwater · private · NC0145144 | 457 served |
| CINNAMON WOODS buys surface water · private · NC0145167 | 288 served |
| HOOPERS VALLEY ESTATES buys surface water · private · NC0145127 | 220 served |
| RAMBLING RIDGE S/D buys surface water · private · NC0145155 | 200 served |
| WOODHAVEN S/D groundwater · private · NC0145147 | 198 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 146 people were held in Henderson County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 211 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 173.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Henderson County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $157.6 million — $149.4 million to run schools, about $11,583 per student, plus $3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $38 million local (mostly property tax), $92.1 million state, $26.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $93 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Henderson County about $40.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
248 bridges in Henderson County: 87 in good condition, 135 fair, and 26 poor (10.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US64 over FRENCH BROAD RVR.OVERFLO · built 1955 | 14,000 vehicles a day |
| US64 EBL over SOUTHERN RR CITY STREET · built 1971 | 12,500 vehicles a day |
| SR1127 over SHEPHERD CREEK · built 1971 | 11,500 vehicles a day |
| US64 WBL over SOUTHERN RR CITY STREET · built 1971 | 11,000 vehicles a day |
| NC191 over UT TO FRENCH BROAD RIVER · built 1955 | 10,500 vehicles a day |
| US25 SBL over SOUTHERN RR SR1858 · built 1963 | 8,250 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $76.4 million of work in Henderson County in fiscal 2025, about $657 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-09. Early voting: 2026-10-15 to 2026-10-31. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-20. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: NC State Board of Elections: upcoming election · NC State Board of Elections: vote in person · NC State Board of Elections: voter ID
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Nearby counties: Polk County (18 mi) · Buncombe County (19 mi) · Transylvania County (21 mi) · Greenville County, SC (31 mi) · Rutherford County (32 mi) · Haywood County (32 mi).