† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupHudsonMassachusettsUnited States
Irish22.8%18.6%9.4%
Italian15.1%11.1%4.8%
English12.1%9.7%9.5%
German7.8%5.4%12.5%
French4.0%4.7%1.6%
Polish3.9%3.4%2.2%
American3.9%3.3%5.3%
French Canadian2.9%——
Puerto Rican2.1%4.6%1.8%
Salvadoran1.2%1.1%0.7%
Mexican0.8%0.8%11.3%
Guatemalan0.7%0.8%0.5%
Dominican0.6%2.7%0.7%
Colombian0.5%0.6%0.4%
Ecuadorian0.3%0.3%—
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Chinese0.7%2.5%1.3%
Asian Indian0.6%1.9%1.4%
Cambodian0.2%0.4%—
African American†0.6%2.6%9.9%
Haitian0.2%1.1%0.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Hudson
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
43.8
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
6.2%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.5%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hudson
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$90,524
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
6.3%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
43.5%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hudson
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
26.7%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
6.3%
9.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.3%
1.9%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
14.8%
6.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hudson
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
—
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
51.4%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Hudson, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+19.6%
2008
+20.4%
2012
+15.1%
2016
+21.6%
2020
+30.9%
2024
+23.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
59.7%Harris5,273
36.1%Trump3,186
4.2%
D+23.6
R+7.3
D+25.1
8,829
D
64.1%Biden5,700
33.2%Trump2,952
2.7%
D+30.9
D+9.3
D+26.5
8,892
D
56.5%Clinton4,656
34.9%Trump2,874
8.7%
D+21.6
D+6.5
D+19.5
8,244
D
56.5%Obama4,414
41.5%Romney3,236
2.0%
D+15.1
R+5.3
D+11.2
7,806
D
58.9%Obama4,360
38.5%McCain2,852
2.6%
D+20.4
D+0.8
D+13.1
7,405
D
58.7%Kerry4,135
39.1%Bush2,756
2.2%
D+19.6
—
D+22.0
7,047
Hudson sits along the Assabet River corridor west of Boston, where a mix of longtime manufacturing workers and newer commuter residents has produced competitive margins in statewide races despite the region's overall Democratic lean.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 30.9 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.6 points.
A population of 15,719, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,524 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stoneham and Newport East.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Hudson, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 23.6 points (D+23.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 8,829 votes cast, 5,273 went Democratic and 3,186 went Republican.
How many people live in Hudson, Massachusetts?
Hudson, Massachusetts has a population of 15,719 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hudson, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Hudson, Massachusetts is $90,524 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Hudson, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hudson, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
