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Hendron, Kentucky.

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

Living in Hendron, McCracken County, Kentucky

Hendron, in McCracken County, had 4,774 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $71,610 a year and half less, against $64,373 across McCracken County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 78% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 22% are rented. Unemployment in McCracken County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 4,774 in the 2020 census
Household income $71,610 the median, give or take $12,592 · McCracken County: $64,373
Unemployment 4.0% McCracken County, August 2026; 4.2% a year before
Homes 78% lived in by their owners; 22% rented
  • 2,019households
  • 39%of adults have a degree
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 22 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care29%
  • Shops (retail)18%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities10%
  • Government8%
  • Manufacturing7%
  • Banks, insurance and property7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. McCracken County had 40,975 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 43° and 25°; warmest in July, 89° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 43° 25° F M A M J J 89° 68° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 43° and 25°; warmest in July, 89° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 43° 25° F M A M J J 89° 68° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 43° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 68°. About 3 inches of snow and 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Brookport Dam weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Hendron

  1. Goodwill IndustriesUsed merchandise stores88
  2. Lone OakSenior living22
  3. Phoenix Senior LivingAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities21
  4. Cape Electrical SupplyMeters, electrical, merchant wholesalers20

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 151 people in all. 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. Heat wavesRelatively high
  2. EarthquakesRelatively high
  3. Ice stormsRelatively high
  4. Winter weatherRelatively high
  5. Cold wavesRelatively high
  6. LightningRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hendron’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 McCracken County.