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Henderson, Georgia.

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

Living in Henderson, Chatham County, Georgia

Henderson, in Chatham County, had 2,178 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Chatham County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Chatham County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,178 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Henderson for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.0% Chatham County, August 2026; 3.2% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Henderson for the Census survey to measure.
  • 9%below the poverty line
  • 28 mintypical commute

What people in Chatham County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment12%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%
  • Manufacturing8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Chatham County had 172,740 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 61° and 40°; warmest in July, 92° and 74° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 61° 40° F M A M J J 92° 74° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 61° and 40°; warmest in July, 92° and 74° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 61° 40° F M A M J J 92° 74° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 61° and lows near 40°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 74°. About 48 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Savannah International Airport weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Chatham County

  1. Savannah-Chatham County SchoolsSchool district5,571FTE
  2. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,709
  3. Memorial Health Univ MED CenterGeneral hospital2,375FTE
  4. Savannah College of Art and DesignUniversity or college2,072
  5. Gateway TerminalsMarine terminal and longshoring1,800
  6. Candler HospitalGeneral hospital1,431FTE
  7. St. Josephs HospitalGeneral hospital1,227FTE
  8. South University-Savannah OnlineUniversity or college967

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 364 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 45,289 people in all across the county; Henderson 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. HurricanesVery high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. DroughtRelatively moderate
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  6. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Henderson’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 Chatham County.