Hudson vs Pleasant Lake

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

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

Pleasant Lake has the higher population (803 vs 646 in Hudson). Pleasant Lake has the higher median household income ($66,563 vs $62,917 in Hudson). Pleasant Lake has the higher median home value ($155,300 vs $87,000 in Hudson).

Population, income & housing

	Hudson	Pleasant Lake
Population	646	803
Median age	36.0 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$66,563
Median home value	$87,000	$155,300
Median gross rent	$1,222	—
Housing units	251	302
Homeownership rate	87.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hudson	Pleasant Lake
Population	557 → 646 (+16.0%)	810 → 803 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $62,917 (+14.4%)	$87,637 → $66,563 (-24.0%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $87,000 (+13.9%)	$155,400 → $155,300 (-0.1%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $1,222 (+40.1%)	—

Hudson

Population

557646

Median household income

$55,000$62,917

Median home value

$76,400$87,000

Median gross rent

$872$1,222

Pleasant Lake

Population

810803

Median household income

$87,637$66,563

Median home value

$155,400$155,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hudson	Pleasant Lake
Under 5	6.2%	12.2%
5 to 17	21.5%	23.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	12.3%
25 to 34	17.3%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	6.7%
55 to 64	19.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	5.9%	10.3%
75 and over	4.6%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hudson	Pleasant Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hudson	Pleasant Lake
No high school diploma	11.2%	3.6%
High school graduate	46.0%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hudson	Pleasant Lake
Drove alone	74.8%	94.3%
Carpooled	20.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hudson	Pleasant Lake
1-unit, detached	72.1%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.3%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Hudson	Pleasant Lake
Poverty rate	22.2%	9.2%
Average household size	2.80	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1949	1950