Hudson vs Winchester

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

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

Winchester has the higher population (22,862 vs 15,610 in Hudson). Winchester has the higher median household income ($218,176 vs $96,149 in Hudson). Winchester has the higher median home value ($1,181,700 vs $457,400 in Hudson).

Population, income & housing

	Hudson	Winchester
Population	15,610	22,862
Median age	44.3 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$96,149	$218,176
Median home value	$457,400	$1,181,700
Median gross rent	$1,417	$2,271
Housing units	7,028	8,283
Homeownership rate	70.1%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	78.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hudson	Winchester
Population	15,346 → 15,610 (+1.7%)	22,738 → 22,862 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$82,431 → $96,149 (+16.6%)	$169,623 → $218,176 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$332,300 → $457,400 (+37.6%)	$943,800 → $1,181,700 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,217 → $1,417 (+16.4%)	$1,900 → $2,271 (+19.5%)

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

Winchester

Population

22,73822,862

Median household income

$169,623$218,176

Median home value

$943,800$1,181,700

Median gross rent

$1,900$2,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hudson	Winchester
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.7%	22.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.2%	16.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.1%
75 and over	10.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hudson	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	71.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	3.4%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hudson	Winchester
No high school diploma	10.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	21.6%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	50.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hudson	Winchester
Drove alone	70.6%	52.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	4.4%
Public transit	1.3%	7.1%
Walked	3.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	31.6%
Other means	2.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hudson	Winchester
1-unit, detached	50.6%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	5.2%
20 or more units	15.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hudson	Winchester
Poverty rate	5.7%	3.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1968	1954