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NC towns at $42,096 annually, nearly double Henderson County’s average annual income of $25,617. As retirees frequent local businesses, this population sector helps drive the county’s economy.

Generations of summer campers have flocked to Henderson County for decades, making the residential summer camp industry here a sizable contributor to the tourism economy. Henderson County is part of a threecounty region including Buncombe and Transylvania Counties that has the greatest concentration of camps in the United States. Twenty of those camps are in Henderson County and several of those have been in continuous operation since the 1920s. According to a 2020 study by NC State University, Henderson County’s residential summer camps have a direct economic impact on the county of $50 million and a total economic impact of $70 million. These camps create more than 2,278 full-time equivalent jobs, and families dropping off and picking up campers spend an average of more than $2,687 during their stays in Henderson County. For more about area camps, visit the North Carolina Youth Camp Association at NCCamps.org.

Henderson County attracts visitors at all times of the year, resulting in an ongoing economic impact from the tourism sector. Visitor spending in Henderson County in 2021 amounted to $391.28 million. Visitors spent an average of $108 per visitor per day, resulting in an impact including $126.10 million in food and beverage, $94.73 million in lodging and $54.86 million in recreation. that year amounted to more than $253.73 million. The industry supported 2,500 tourism-related jobs for the county in 2022.