The cost of living in Henderson remains a bargain, particularly when it comes to housing, utilities and health-care costs, a new survey of U.S. cities shows.
Affordable housing is a big reason.
Only three of the 11 Kentucky cities surveyed reported more affordable prices for such a home. Affordable power, health care Utilities are also a bargain here, running almost 23 percent below the U.S. average, with Henderson Municipal Power and Light's electric rates running 44 percent below the average. Health-care costs, as measured by prices for a hospital room, routine visits to a doctor's or dentist's office or the cost of an antibiotic ointment, run 12 percent less than the U.S. average. In fact, the only broad category of living expenses in which Henderson wasn't below the national average was grocery prices, which ran about 8 percent higher. It's cheaper here Of particular interest to Henderson Chamber of Commerce President George H. Warren is the cost of living here compared with across the river.