Cedar Rock vs Hudson

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

Cedar Rock and Hudson are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hudson has the higher population (3,777 vs 333 in Cedar Rock). Cedar Rock has the higher median household income ($79,583 vs $61,600 in Hudson). Cedar Rock has the higher median home value ($395,500 vs $196,200 in Hudson).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Rock	Hudson
Population	333	3,777
Median age	52.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,583	$61,600
Median home value	$395,500	$196,200
Median gross rent	$1,156	$752
Housing units	163	1,621
Homeownership rate	92.4%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Rock	Hudson
Population	254 → 333 (+31.1%)	3,701 → 3,777 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$106,250 → $79,583 (-25.1%)	$40,842 → $61,600 (+50.8%)
Median home value	$323,900 → $395,500 (+22.1%)	$150,500 → $196,200 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,156 (+6.7%)	$618 → $752 (+21.7%)

Cedar Rock

Population

254333

Median household income

$106,250$79,583

Median home value

$323,900$395,500

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,156

Hudson

Population

3,7013,777

Median household income

$40,842$61,600

Median home value

$150,500$196,200

Median gross rent

$618$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Rock	Hudson
Under 5	5.4%	2.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	1.2%	11.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	7.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.3%
75 and over	24.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Rock	Hudson
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Rock	Hudson
No high school diploma	4.8%	13.5%
High school graduate	27.5%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Rock	Hudson
Drove alone	93.5%	70.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	21.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Rock	Hudson
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Rock	Hudson
Poverty rate	5.1%	17.5%
Average household size	2.12	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1977	1980