Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety57#6,735/15,637
Economy40#9,428/15,631
Housing5#14,226/14,977
Health36#9,982/15,609
Healthcare18#12,764/15,650
Environment69#4,845/15,453
Education44#8,768/15,649
Infrastructure11#13,963/15,650
Community20#12,583/15,651
Leisure & amenities25#11,773/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hudson, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Pasco County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Comfortable days · high32.5%
89/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPasco County value
New business applications · high19.5 /1k
88/100Florida 27.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauPasco County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Florida 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePasco County value
Property crime rate · low581 /100k
85/100Florida 1,176 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2024Federal Bureau of InvestigationPasco County value
Pharmacies · high2.1 /10k
79/100Florida 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPasco County value
Job growth · high1.0%
78/100Florida 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPasco County value

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
2/100Florida 0.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPasco County value
Rent-burdened households · high53.0%
6/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Social associations · low4.9 /10k
6/100Florida 6.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePasco County value
Hot days · high113 days
6/100Florida 102 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPasco County value
Rent as share of income · high34.1%
7/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Drought exposure · high81%
11/100Florida 78%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAPasco County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
11,936 (2015-2019) → 11,254 (2020-2024)
−5.7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
33.2% (2015-2019) → 8.3% (2020-2024)
−25 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
61.9% (2015-2019) → 53.0% (2020-2024)
−8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.7× (2015-2019) → 5.2× (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeImproving
41.1% (2015-2019) → 34.1% (2020-2024)
−7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.6% (2015-2019) → 85.6% (2020-2024)
+6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hudson, Florida improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Household income+23%$41,754 → $51,513
Broadband+6 points79.6% → 85.6%

Declined1

Price / income+1.5×3.7× → 5.2×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Hudson, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	35.2 min2015-2019	34.7 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	54%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%2015-2019	18.0%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Broadband subscriptions	79.6%2015-2019	85.6%2020-2024	+6 points	Improved	38%
Effective property tax rate	0.70%2015-2019	0.64%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	27%
High school diploma or higher	90.5%2015-2019	91.0%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	5.2×2020-2024	+1.5×	Declined	8%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4392015-2019	0.4502020-2024	+0.011	Within the margin of error	41%
Median household income	$41,7542015-2019	$51,5132020-2024	+23%	Improved	40%
Poverty rate	17.4%2015-2019	13.0%2020-2024	−4.4 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Rent as share of income	41.1%2015-2019	34.1%2020-2024	−7 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Rent-burdened households	61.9%2015-2019	53.0%2020-2024	−8.9 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Unemployment rate	6.3%2015-2019	4.6%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.6%2015-2019	11.5%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	69%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Hudson, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hudson, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hudson, Florida itself moved −2.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

11,254 residents (±913)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 men (+4.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

11,254 residents (±913)

Hudson, Florida
Florida share

White86%9,632
Black1.6%†180
Hispanic or Latino7.2%†813
Asian1.2%†134
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†14
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%†16
Other or two or more races4.1%†465

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+2.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

9,996 residents (±740)

Hudson, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma9.0%896
High school or GED46%4,581
Some college20%1,951
Associate degree7.7%773
Bachelor's degree11%1,101
Graduate degree6.9%694

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

5,571 households (±385)

Hudson, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k24%1,320
$25k–50k25%1,405
$50k–75k17%955
$75k–100k12%669
$100k–150k12%673
$150k–200k6.1%†338
$200k or more3.8%†211

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−8.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

5,571 households (±385)

Hudson, Florida
Florida share

Own77%4,293
Rent23%1,278

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+6.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,193 households (±223)

Hudson, Florida
Florida share

Under $75021%†254
$750–1,00025%†304
$1,000–1,50026%†307

Home values

4,293 homes (±363)

Hudson, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k22%957
$150k–250k23%1,008
$250k–400k33%1,419

Age of homes

7,602 homes (±391)

Hudson, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later2.7%209
2000–20096.6%†505
1980–199952%3,991

Size of homes

7,602 homes (±391)

Hudson, Florida
Florida share

Studio2.0%†149
1 bedroom16%1,222
2 bedrooms46%3,485

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,562 workers (±478)

Hudson, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone73%2,586
Carpool4.4%†155
Public transit0.5%†18
Walk0.5%†17
Bike0.0%0
Work from home17%620
Other4.7%†166

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+9.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,942 workers (±442)

Hudson, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min25%732
15–29 min31%921
30–44 min17%†496

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Pasco County, the county holding most of Hudson's residents.

Pasco County has 11,975 employer establishments, 189 for every 10,000 residents (0.76× the US rate of 248; 0.67× Florida's), with 123,042 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,815. The Census Bureau also counts 66,987 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 11,975; 66,987 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 189; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 123,042
Average annual pay: $46,815; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Pasco County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,297	20.4	0.98×About typical	12,092	$70,335	3,505
Specialty trade contractors	1,004	15.8	1.02×About typical	7,842	$54,720	4,176
Restaurants and other eating places	777	12.2	0.67×Fewer than typical	15,085	$21,300	321
Lessors of real estate	715	11.3	0.91×About typical	1,698	$42,068	5,742
Services to buildings and dwellings	574	9	1.34×More than typical	3,307	$38,303	5,141
Offices of physicians	498	7.8	1.21×About typical	5,406	$88,916	481
Building equipment contractors	381	6	1.00×About typical	3,628	$52,999	785
Management, scientific and technical consulting	377	5.9	0.88×About typical	892	$63,189	2,213
Limited-service restaurants	362	5.7	0.71×Fewer than typical	6,587	$18,384	116
Offices of other health practitioners	352	5.5	0.91×About typical	1,654	$42,854	1,388
Real estate agents and brokers	339	5.3	1.10×About typical	489	$50,579	2,499
Full-service restaurants	318	5	0.65×Fewer than typical	7,211	$24,474	133

Rank places for an industry Open Pasco County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 634,951 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated -$7,012 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Hudson, Florida: -$0.62 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$7,012; −101% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$0.62; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$13.1K0.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs$9,7480.0%
Federal Emergency Management Agency$6,9280.0%

Top recipients

GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT, INC.$13.1K0.0%
BAYONET OPCO LLC$9,7480.0%
MHC BARRINGTON HILLS, L.L.C$6,8420.0%
HAVEN HOUSING SOLUTIONS, LLC$85.150.0%
AMERICAN COMPLIANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.-$6,1860.0%

Spending by fiscal year

228.6KFY2017
418.4KFY2018
422.7KFY2019
463.5KFY2020
321.8KFY2021
217.6KFY2022
190.2KFY2023
285.3K

Top industries (NAICS)

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$13.1K0.0%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$9,7480.0%
RV parks and recreational camps · 7212$6,8420.0%
Lessors of real estate · 5311$85.150.0%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Hudson, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Hudson, Florida's figures are part of those of Pasco County, FL ($42.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Hudson is mostly in Pasco County.

See federal money in Pasco County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hudson, Florida is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Pasco County52100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL64

Other cities and towns in Pasco County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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