Evansdale vs Hudson

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

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

Evansdale has the higher population (4,530 vs 2,614 in Hudson). Hudson has the higher median household income ($119,327 vs $57,415 in Evansdale). Hudson has the higher median home value ($234,500 vs $138,200 in Evansdale).

Population, income & housing

	Evansdale	Hudson
Population	4,530	2,614
Median age	38.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,415	$119,327
Median home value	$138,200	$234,500
Median gross rent	$945	$1,082
Housing units	2,224	1,015
Homeownership rate	62.4%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evansdale	Hudson
Population	4,765 → 4,530 (-4.9%)	2,375 → 2,614 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$49,786 → $57,415 (+15.3%)	$88,347 → $119,327 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $138,200 (+16.3%)	$194,000 → $234,500 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $945 (+16.2%)	$790 → $1,082 (+37.0%)

Evansdale

Population

4,7654,530

Median household income

$49,786$57,415

Median home value

$118,800$138,200

Median gross rent

$813$945

Hudson

Population

2,3752,614

Median household income

$88,347$119,327

Median home value

$194,000$234,500

Median gross rent

$790$1,082

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evansdale	Hudson
Under 5	2.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	15.7%	11.9%
75 and over	4.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evansdale	Hudson
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	90.2%
Black or African American	4.9%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evansdale	Hudson
No high school diploma	12.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	46.7%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evansdale	Hudson
Drove alone	88.1%	81.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	2.4%	10.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evansdale	Hudson
1-unit, detached	79.5%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	3.7%
20 or more units	5.4%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Evansdale	Hudson
Poverty rate	20.7%	4.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1962	1977