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City in Nevada, United States

Henderson

$481kMedian Home
357Sunny Days/yr
81°FAvg High Temp
View on Map· Pop. 318k· Elev. 1,867 ftWikipedia

Henderson is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, about 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Las Vegas. It is the 2nd most populous city in Nevada, after Las Vegas, with 317,610 residents as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the Las Vegas Valley.Wikipedia

Motto: A Place to Call Home
About the RegionDesert Southwest

The Desert Southwest — Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico — shares a climate defined by heat, aridity, and extraordinary landscape. Phoenix has grown into one of the country's largest cities on the premise of air-conditioned suburban living, a bargain for decades that is being stress-tested by climate shifts pushing summer highs above 110°F and placing long-term water resources under pressure. Las Vegas offers Nevada's zero income tax and extraordinary entertainment infrastructure against the same water equation tied to a shrinking Colorado River.

Tucson, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe offer a different profile: human-scale cities with deep roots in Spanish colonial and Indigenous traditions, lower costs than their larger neighbors, and the landscape that draws artists, retirees, and outdoor enthusiasts. The region's sunlight is exceptional — Phoenix regularly exceeds 300 sunny days per year — and the cultural texture across New Mexico in particular is unlike anywhere else in the United States.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$2k/mo
Median Rent
$481k
Median Home Price
Rent burden25% of income
Household Income
$85k
Median annual
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Livability

Internet
Fiber
33%
Cable
90%
address availability
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Climate

Sunshine
357
sunny days per year
98% of the year
Avg High Temp
81°F
annual average
Humidity
27%
relative humidity
Comfort Score
53/100
Mixed
Temp Swing
51°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
6"
inches per year
Snowfall
0"
inches per year
Air Quality
47
Good AQI
07

Demographics

Population318k
Altitude1,867 ftabove sea level
Median Age42 yrs
College Educated35%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home14%of workforce
Poverty Rate8%

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