Hudson vs Wilmington

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

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

Wilmington has the higher population (23,195 vs 15,610 in Hudson). Wilmington has the higher median household income ($161,473 vs $96,149 in Hudson). Wilmington has the higher median home value ($646,200 vs $457,400 in Hudson).

Population, income & housing

	Hudson	Wilmington
Population	15,610	23,195
Median age	44.3 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$96,149	$161,473
Median home value	$457,400	$646,200
Median gross rent	$1,417	$2,412
Housing units	7,028	8,032
Homeownership rate	70.1%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hudson	Wilmington
Population	15,346 → 15,610 (+1.7%)	23,377 → 23,195 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$82,431 → $96,149 (+16.6%)	$125,922 → $161,473 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$332,300 → $457,400 (+37.6%)	$473,800 → $646,200 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,217 → $1,417 (+16.4%)	$1,981 → $2,412 (+21.8%)

Hudson

Population

15,34615,610

Median household income

$82,431$96,149

Median home value

$332,300$457,400

Median gross rent

$1,217$1,417

Wilmington

Population

23,37723,195

Median household income

$125,922$161,473

Median home value

$473,800$646,200

Median gross rent

$1,981$2,412

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hudson	Wilmington
Under 5	5.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	17.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.2%
75 and over	10.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hudson	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	86.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hudson	Wilmington
No high school diploma	10.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	21.6%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hudson	Wilmington
Drove alone	70.6%	71.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	4.2%
Public transit	1.3%	3.7%
Walked	3.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.4%	17.9%
Other means	2.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hudson	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	50.6%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	6.7%
20 or more units	15.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hudson	Wilmington
Poverty rate	5.7%	3.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1968	1978