
Illinois · Census place 36438
Hudson, IL population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Hudson, Illinois (Hudson, IL — Census place “Hudson village”) is 2,048 residents, ranking #502 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $114,125, the median home is worth $221,100 and median gross rent runs $1,146 a month. Looking for the Hudson Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Hudson, IL: 61748.
- Population
- 2,048Hudson village residents
- Median household income
- $114,125Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $221,100Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,146Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 98.1%Owner-occupied households
Hudson ZIP codes (Illinois)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Hudson.
The Hudson IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Hudson village
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Hudson village median would spend about 12% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 1.9% of residents and 98.1% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Hudson village, IL in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Hudson village is a small town in Illinois, with 2,048 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #502 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 65% of them. The median age here is 39.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Hudson village earn a median of $114,125 a year, 45.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 54% above the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 1.9% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Hudson village is valued at $221,100, 27.1% below the national figure and 23% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,146 a month, 18.5% below the national figure, or roughly $13,752 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 98.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Illinois.
- Arthur village 2,024
- Lexington city 2,074
- Earlville city 2,015
- Moweaqua village 2,093
- Farmer City city 2,001
- Mason City city 2,094
- Prairie Grove village 1,992
- Albion city 2,107
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Hudson village?
- Hudson village has 2,048 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #502 of 1,462 in Illinois.
- What is the median household income in Hudson village?
- Median household income in Hudson village is $114,125 a year, 45.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hudson village?
- Median gross rent is $1,146 a month and the median home value is $221,100, so rent absorbs about 12% of median household income.
- Is Hudson village affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hudson village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Hudson village data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.