Hudson is a somewhat small city located in the state of New York. With a population of 5,790 people and four associated neighborhoods, Hudson is the 283rd largest community in New York. Hudson has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Of important note, Hudson is also a city of artists. Hudson has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Hudson’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 22.50% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

For a small city, Hudson has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the train. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Hudson exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.

The education level of Hudson citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.96% of adults in Hudson have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hudson in 2022 was $48,684, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $194,736 for a family of four. However, Hudson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hudson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hudson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hudson residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Hudson include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish.

Hudson also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.34%.

The most common language spoken in Hudson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.