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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-HUDSON-TX · Hudson, TX 5,017 pop · income 22nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Hudson
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hudson on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Gilmer · lowest
41,279
Gilmer · lowest
41,279 median HH income
19.0% of the leader · rank #1
El Adobe · near
51,719
El Adobe · near
51,719 median HH income
23.7% of the leader · rank #2
Rackerby · near
51,719
Rackerby · near
51,719 median HH income
23.7% of the leader · rank #3
Cobleskill · near
51,723
Cobleskill · near
51,723 median HH income
23.7% of the leader · rank #4
Eaton · near
51,731
Eaton · near
51,731 median HH income
23.8% of the leader · rank #5
Hudson · this city
51,733
Hudson · this city
51,733 median HH income
23.8% of the leader · rank #6
Terrell Hills · highest
217,800
Terrell Hills · highest
217,800 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Hudson on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 5,017.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Hudson - the verdict
Nationally, Hudson sits in the 22nd percentile for household income and the 90th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
22nd
percentile, household income
33rd
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
90th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Hudson, TX
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 5,017 residents in Hudson, a small town within Texas. The typical household in Hudson brings in $51,733 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.1%. Typical homes in Hudson are valued around $169,000, and the median resident age is 32.4 years. About 16.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 71.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 17 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 83% from five years earlier. Hudson reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 377.0 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 97.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,149 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Texas's average monthly utility costs around $223 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 49.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Hudson's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to population change to housing and income to reported crime to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hudson, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Hudson?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 85.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +416 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +8.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 17 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Hudson?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Which cities make useful reference points for Hudson?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Terrell Hills (5,050 residents, $217,800 income); Argyle (4,970 residents, $172,604 income); Justin (5,068 residents, $93,887 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bluefield, VA (5,016 residents); Odenville, AL (5,015 residents); Munroe Falls, OH (5,019 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Hudson?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 377.0 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 83% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
263.9
Violent rate
113.1
Total reported rate
377.0
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Violent crime B-
113 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate B-
5.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living C-
97.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$51,733
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
16.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Hudson profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 68/100 (B-) · 113 /100k
Poverty rate: 65/100 (B-) · 5.1%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Household income: 23/100 (F) · $51,733
Bachelor's+ share: 23/100 (F) · 16.2%
Where Hudson sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Hudson's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Hudson highlighted among 12 peers.Read the chart values
Hudson, TX (this city): home $169,000, crime 377/100k
Bluefield, VA : home $161,100, crime 3,179/100k
Odenville, AL : home $220,900, crime 1,001/100k
Munroe Falls, OH : home $223,800, crime 81/100k
Swoyersville, PA : home $137,000, crime 814/100k
Lake City, MN : home $234,100, crime 975/100k
Terrell Hills, TX : home $762,200, crime 1,758/100k
Argyle, TX : home $624,200, crime 529/100k
Justin, TX : home $364,500, crime 884/100k
Mineola, TX : home $205,600, crime 1,960/100k
Gilmer, TX : home $160,700, crime 2,816/100k
Giddings, TX : home $192,800, crime 1,328/100k
How does Hudson compare to other US cities?
Where Hudson sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income22% higher than other cities
Home value33% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety90% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Texas and the picture shifts: Hudson ranks #61 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Hudson against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Texas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Texas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Hudson near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hudson ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hudson only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,086 of 1,520
29th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#698 of 1,505
54th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1,106 of 1,663
33rd percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#884 of 1,663
46th percentile in Texas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Texas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
22nd percentile nationally for median household income · 90th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Hudson's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Hudson's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Hudson's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$169,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 67% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Hudson's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,968 of 15,516
More affordable than 49% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,539 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.3×, Hudson sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,968 of 15,516 and #6,539 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$51,733Hudson, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hudson, TX median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Hudson, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)16.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)71.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,017
Median Income
$51,733
Median Home Value
$169,000
Median Age
32.4
Poverty Rate
5.1%
Labor force participation
71.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
16.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
377.0
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
113.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
263.9
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Hudson's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
4,912 residents
2021
4,983 residents
2022
5,104 residents
2023
5,200 residents
2024
5,271 residents
2025
5,328 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
17
housing units authorized
Single-Family
15
detached homes
Multifamily
2
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
3.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
99
23
76
$8.7M
2020
23
21
2
$4.6M
2021
42
42
0
$7.9M
2022
34
34
0
$8.7M
2023
21
21
0
$5.1M
2024
17
15
2
$4.7M
Permit volume decreased 83% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
85.2%
Carpool
6.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.8%
Work from Home
7.0%
Based on 2,560 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Texas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Texas at $223 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Texas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Hudson. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Texas's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Hudson is $1,149/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Texas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Texas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Hudson sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hudson compares to similar-size Texas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.