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Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States

Henderson

$165kMedian Home
270Sunny Days/yr
58°FAvg High Temp
View on Map· Pop. 399· Elev. 732 ftWikipedia

Henderson is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 399 as of the 2010 census. The community is located within Rush Township. Henderson was named for early settler John Henderson, and the community was formerly referred to as Hendersonville and Hazel Green.Wikipedia

State Context

MichiganU.S. state

Michigan is a peninsular state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian province of Ontario to the east, northeast and north. With a population of 10.14 million and an area of 96,716 sq mi (250,490 km2), Michigan is the tenth-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest by total area east of the Mississippi River. The state capital is Lansing, while its most populous city is Detroit.Wikipedia

Income tax: Flat 4.25%Avg sales tax: 6.00%Property tax: 1.17%Official school data available

About the Region

Great Lakes Midwest

The Great Lakes Midwest is undergoing a quiet, steady reassessment. Cities like Detroit, Cleveland, and Buffalo — long associated with industrial decline — have seen genuine neighborhood revivals driven by very low housing costs and incoming professional and creative workers. Chicago remains the undisputed anchor: a world-class city that, particularly in its residential neighborhoods, is underpriced relative to coastal equivalents. Minneapolis consistently ranks among the best-governed large cities in the country, with a walkable downtown and access to 10,000 lakes.

Winters are genuinely cold — lake-effect snow shapes life along the Great Lakes shores, and Minneapolis regularly logs the coldest temperatures of any major American city — but summers compensate with warmth and greenness that surprises transplants from the coasts. The economic base has diversified significantly: advanced manufacturing, major healthcare systems, agriculture tech, and financial services anchor the broader region, while university towns like Ann Arbor, Madison, and Bloomington punch well above their weight culturally.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$165k
Median Home Price
Household Income
$44k
Median annual
05

Climate

Sunshine
270
sunny days per year
74% of the year
Avg High Temp
58°F
annual average
Humidity
71%
relative humidity
Comfort Score
57/100
Mixed
Temp Swing
49°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
36"
inches per year
Snowfall
14"
inches per year
Air Quality
41
Good AQI
07

Demographics

Population399
Altitude732 ftabove sea level
Median Age48 yrs
College Educated16%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home12%of workforce

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