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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With a population of 19,744, 8,055 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $612,855, real estate costs in Hudson are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive Massachusetts communities.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Hudson, accounting for 55.69% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Hudson include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 19.29%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 15.15%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 7.01%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Hudson. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 72.40% of Hudson's homes, and 55.36% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Hudson built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Hudson built between 1940-1969 ( 26.58%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 21.66%). There's also some housing in Hudson built between 2000 and later ( 19.70%).
Appreciation rates for homes in Hudson have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 97.13%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Hudson house appreciation rate of 7.02%.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Hudson that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Hudson real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Hudson appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 8.48%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 75.38% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Hudson. Hudson appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.38%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 9.87%.
Relative to Massachusetts, our data show that Hudson's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Massachusetts.
$612,855
for Massachusetts
for nation
8,055
$3,258 / per month