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Dana, North Carolina.

A community in Henderson County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Henderson County’s.

Living in Dana, Henderson County, North Carolina

Dana, in Henderson County, had 3,683 people in the 2020 census. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. Unemployment in Henderson County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Henderson County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 3,683 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Dana for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.0% Henderson County, August 2026; 3.6% a year before
Homes 84% lived in by their owners; 16% rented
  • 1,418households
  • 24%of adults have a degree
  • 22 mintypical commute
  • 4%work from home

What people in Henderson County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Manufacturing12%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Building trades9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Henderson County had 43,873 jobs in 2025, 0.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 48° and 26°; warmest in July, 84° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 48° 26° F M A M J J 84° 64° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 48° and 26°; warmest in July, 84° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 48° 26° F M A M J J 84° 64° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 64°. About 7 inches of snow and 59 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hendersonville Northeast weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Henderson County

  1. Henderson County SchoolsSchool district1,621FTE
  2. Margaret R. Pardee Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital1,380FTE
  3. Adventhealth HendersonvilleGeneral hospital1,116FTE
  4. Wilsonart FletcherSheet, laminated plastics, manufacturing598
  5. Cummins-Meritor Heavy Vehicle SystemsDifferential and rear axle assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing580
  6. Blue Ridge Community CollegeTwo-year college558
  7. Linamar Light Metals-MRAluminum die-casting foundries456
  8. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters431

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 118 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 15,023 people in all across the county; Dana has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Cold wavesVery high
  2. Ice stormsRelatively high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. Strong windRelatively high
  5. HailRelatively high
  6. DroughtRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Dana’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Henderson County.