Bloomington vs Hudson

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomington and Hudson: population, income, housing, and more.

Bloomington and Hudson are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bloomington has the higher population (78,703 vs 2,048 in Hudson). Hudson has the higher median household income ($114,125 vs $75,449 in Bloomington). Hudson has the higher median home value ($221,100 vs $198,800 in Bloomington).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Hudson
Population	78,703	2,048
Median age	36.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,449	$114,125
Median home value	$198,800	$221,100
Median gross rent	$1,004	$1,146
Housing units	37,013	728
Homeownership rate	61.6%	98.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.9%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Hudson
Population	78,015 → 78,703 (+0.9%)	2,136 → 2,048 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$67,507 → $75,449 (+11.8%)	$99,013 → $114,125 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $198,800 (+18.1%)	$176,300 → $221,100 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,004 (+20.1%)	$990 → $1,146 (+15.8%)

Bloomington

Population

78,01578,703

Median household income

$67,507$75,449

Median home value

$168,300$198,800

Median gross rent

$836$1,004

Hudson

Population

2,1362,048

Median household income

$99,013$114,125

Median home value

$176,300$221,100

Median gross rent

$990$1,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Hudson
Under 5	6.2%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	22.8%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.2%
75 and over	5.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Hudson
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	93.1%
Black or African American	9.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Hudson
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	20.0%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Hudson
Drove alone	69.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	11.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Hudson
1-unit, detached	55.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Hudson
Poverty rate	11.2%	1.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1982	1987