Hughson is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 7,734 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hughson is the 457th largest community in California. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Hughson, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Hughson, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Hughson’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Hughson does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $99,449.00.

A relatively large number of people in Hughson telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.54% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Hughson is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The citizens of Hughson are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.40% of adults in Hughson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Hughson in 2022 was $40,898, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $163,592 for a family of four. However, Hughson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hughson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hughson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hughson residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Hughson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 40.37% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hughson include German, Irish, English, Portuguese, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Hughson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.