
Indiana · Census place 35086
Hudson, IN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Hudson, Indiana (Hudson, IN — Census place “Hudson town”) is 646 residents, ranking #454 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $62,917, the median home is worth $87,000 and median gross rent runs $1,222 a month. Looking for the Hudson Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Hudson, IN: 46747.
- Population
- 646Hudson town residents
- Median household income
- $62,917Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $87,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,222Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 87%Owner-occupied households
Hudson ZIP codes (Indiana)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Hudson.
The Hudson IN 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 town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Hudson town median would spend about 23.3% 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 1.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 22.2% of residents and 87% 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 town, IN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Hudson town is a very small community in Indiana, with 646 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #454 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 53% of them. The median age here is 36 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 town earn a median of $62,917 a year, 19.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana 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 22.2% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Hudson town is valued at $87,000, 71.3% below the national figure and 40% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,222 a month, 13.1% below the national figure, or roughly $14,664 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.4×, 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. 87% 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. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
With 646 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Hudson town against its county rather than against national figures.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Indiana.
- Waverly CDP 1,006
- Lynnville town 1,011
- St. Leon town 1,012
- Utica town 1,017
- St. Paul town 1,019
- English town 1,025
- Shirley town 1,026
- Topeka town 1,037
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Hudson town?
- Hudson town has 646 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #454 of 976 in Indiana.
- What is the median household income in Hudson town?
- Median household income in Hudson town is $62,917 a year, 19.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hudson town?
- Median gross rent is $1,222 a month and the median home value is $87,000, so rent absorbs about 23.3% of median household income.
- Is Hudson town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hudson town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Hudson town 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.