Goffstown vs Hudson

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

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

Hudson has the higher population (7,105 vs 3,127 in Goffstown). Goffstown has the higher median household income ($133,657 vs $88,193 in Hudson). Goffstown has the higher median home value ($385,000 vs $330,700 in Hudson).

Population, income & housing

	Goffstown	Hudson
Population	3,127	7,105
Median age	34.4 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$133,657	$88,193
Median home value	$385,000	$330,700
Median gross rent	$1,222	$1,561
Housing units	1,132	3,257
Homeownership rate	85.8%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goffstown	Hudson
Population	2,541 → 3,127 (+23.1%)	7,486 → 7,105 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$83,485 → $133,657 (+60.1%)	$77,628 → $88,193 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$237,400 → $385,000 (+62.2%)	$237,000 → $330,700 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$891 → $1,222 (+37.1%)	$1,177 → $1,561 (+32.6%)

Goffstown

Population

2,5413,127

Median household income

$83,485$133,657

Median home value

$237,400$385,000

Median gross rent

$891$1,222

Hudson

Population

7,4867,105

Median household income

$77,628$88,193

Median home value

$237,000$330,700

Median gross rent

$1,177$1,561

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goffstown	Hudson
Under 5	9.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	11.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	26.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	18.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	12.0%
75 and over	5.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goffstown	Hudson
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	10.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goffstown	Hudson
No high school diploma	1.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	25.5%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goffstown	Hudson
Drove alone	83.0%	79.1%
Carpooled	3.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	14.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goffstown	Hudson
1-unit, detached	83.6%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	13.3%
20 or more units	4.7%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Goffstown	Hudson
Poverty rate	2.4%	4.6%
Average household size	2.85	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	1969	1972