Hudson is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,771 people and three associated neighborhoods, Hudson is the 214th largest community in North Carolina.
A relatively large number of people in Hudson telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.77% 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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hudson has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hudson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hudson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hudson may be for you.
Hudson is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Hudson overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Hudson, 22.36% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Hudson in 2022 was $32,124, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,496 for a family of four. However, Hudson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hudson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hudson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hudson include English, German, Irish, Norwegian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Hudson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.