Chatham vs Hudson

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

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

Hudson has the higher population (5,900 vs 1,594 in Chatham). Chatham has the higher median household income ($86,625 vs $55,394 in Hudson). Hudson has the higher median home value ($324,400 vs $306,300 in Chatham).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Hudson
Population	1,594	5,900
Median age	48.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,625	$55,394
Median home value	$306,300	$324,400
Median gross rent	$1,034	$1,309
Housing units	904	3,575
Homeownership rate	48.3%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Hudson
Population	1,625 → 1,594 (-1.9%)	6,235 → 5,900 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$49,356 → $86,625 (+75.5%)	$39,346 → $55,394 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $306,300 (+35.4%)	$220,800 → $324,400 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$897 → $1,034 (+15.3%)	$798 → $1,309 (+64.0%)

Chatham

Population

1,6251,594

Median household income

$49,356$86,625

Median home value

$226,200$306,300

Median gross rent

$897$1,034

Hudson

Population

6,2355,900

Median household income

$39,346$55,394

Median home value

$220,800$324,400

Median gross rent

$798$1,309

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	Hudson
Under 5	1.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	12.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	2.8%	21.9%
45 to 54	24.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.7%
75 and over	6.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Hudson
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	65.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	12.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	9.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Hudson
No high school diploma	4.5%	15.1%
High school graduate	25.4%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.9%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Hudson
Drove alone	81.0%	47.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	6.0%
Walked	2.9%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.9%	22.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Hudson
1-unit, detached	45.9%	35.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	42.0%	37.5%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	12.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Hudson
Poverty rate	8.3%	22.1%
Average household size	2.03	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938