Scores by category

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

Safety9#14,300/15,637
Economy30#10,919/15,631
Housing29#10,699/14,977
Health17#12,972/15,609
Healthcare7#14,584/15,650
Environment31#10,663/15,453
Education10#14,034/15,649
Infrastructure53#7,364/15,650
Community9#14,297/15,651
Leisure & amenities5#14,814/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hudson, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Angelina 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

Broadband subscriptions · high95.9%
84/100Texas 91.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
New homes permitted · high7.3 /1k
83/100Texas 6.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Natural hazard risk · low11.8
81/100Texas 39.62025Federal Emergency Management AgencyAngelina County value
Child care cost burden · low23.8%
81/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAngelina County value
Unemployment rate · low2.6%
76/100Texas 4.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAngelina County value

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-4.8%
2/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataAngelina County value
Firearm deaths · high27.5 /100k
4/100Texas 13.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataAngelina County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low8.4%
5/100Texas 33.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Texas 5.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAngelina County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high19.1%
7/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Food environment index · low6.4
7/100Texas 5.7United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAngelina County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
84.5% (2015-2019) → 95.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
17.1% (2015-2019) → 6.9% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
32.8% (2015-2019) → 41.2% (2020-2024)
+8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.7× (2015-2019) → 3.7× (2020-2024)
+35%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
14.7% (2015-2019) → 8.4% (2020-2024)
−6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
High school diploma or higherImproving
86.2% (2015-2019) → 90.9% (2020-2024)
+4.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Texas improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 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.

Improved1

Broadband+11 points84.5% → 95.9%

Declined1

Bachelor's+−6.4 points14.7% → 8.4%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Hudson, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.3 min2015-2019	21.0 min2020-2024	+0.8 min	Within the margin of error	39%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%2015-2019	8.4%2020-2024	−6.4 points	Declined	5%
Broadband subscriptions	84.5%2015-2019	95.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	66%
Effective property tax rate	1.44%2015-2019	1.53%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
High school diploma or higher	86.2%2015-2019	90.9%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+1.0×	Within the margin of error	24%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3942015-2019	0.4162020-2024	+0.022	Within the margin of error	32%
Median household income	$50,4052015-2019	$46,4062020-2024	−7.9%	Within the margin of error	4%
Poverty rate	16.3%2015-2019	11.9%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	32.8%2015-2019	41.2%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Rent-burdened households	58.1%2015-2019	62.7%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	22.6%2015-2019	19.1%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	79%

“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, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hudson, Texas 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, Texas itself moved −7.5 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

5,104 residents (±23)

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: Under 10 women (−6.0 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

5,104 residents (±23)

Hudson, Texas
Texas share

White57%2,891
Black24%†1,247
Hispanic or Latino8.7%†445

Education

3,128 residents (±296)

Hudson, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma9.1%†284
High school or GED38%†1,196
Some college27%†

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

2,190 households (±240)

Hudson, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k24%†533
$25k–50k31%†684
$50k–75k15%†339
$75k–100k14%†313
$100k–150k7.9%†173
$150k–200k5.5%†120
$200k or more1.3%†28

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

† 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

2,190 households (±240)

Hudson, Texas
Texas share

Own32%†699
Rent68%1,491

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−19.5 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,425 households (±302)

Hudson, Texas
Texas share

Under $7508.1%†116
$750–1,00018%†255
$1,000–1,50056%†796

Home values

699 homes (±210)

Hudson, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k43%†301
$150k–250k26%†179
$250k–400k30%†207

Age of homes

2,241 homes (±262)

Hudson, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later30%†669
2000–200928%†633
1980–199925%†553

Size of homes

2,241 homes (±262)

Hudson, Texas
Texas share

Studio3.3%†75
1 bedroom7.4%†166
2 bedrooms18%†401

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

2,462 workers (±241)

Hudson, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone82%2,011
Carpool9.9%†243
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.8%†20
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.6%†188
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+7.0 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

2,274 workers (±228)

Hudson, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min37%†833
15–29 min41%937
30–44 min15%†336

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 Lufkin, TX

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 Angelina County, the county holding most of Hudson's residents.

Angelina County has 1,920 employer establishments, 219 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248; 1.00× Texas's), with 29,172 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,568. The Census Bureau also counts 6,872 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,920; 6,872 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 219; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 29,172
Average annual pay: $45,568; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	224	25.6	1.23×About typical	2,147	$65,970	282
Restaurants and other eating places	135	15.4	0.84×About typical	2,671	$21,244	29
Specialty trade contractors	114	13	0.84×About typical	1,087	$53,466	596
Offices of physicians	105	12	1.85×More than typical	770	$94,994	60
Limited-service restaurants	72	8.2	1.02×About typical	1,416	$21,151	5
Religious organizations	72	8.2	1.48×More than typical	485	$23,841	—
Lessors of real estate	68	7.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	256	$37,875	552
Automotive repair and maintenance	53	6	1.20×About typical	321	$50,498	141
Building equipment contractors	53	6	1.01×About typical	639	$56,390	115
Truck transportation	52	5.9	1.17×About typical	390	$65,464	237
Services to buildings and dwellings	49	5.6	0.83×About typical	313	$36,588	620
Offices of other health practitioners	46	5.2	0.86×About typical	214	$59,374	104

Rank places for an industry Open Angelina County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 87,626 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 $331.6K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Hudson, Texas: $64.97 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $331.6K; +912% vs FY2025
Per resident: $64.97; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 17%; 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

Forest Service$321.2K97%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$5,3391.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs$5,0201.5%

Top recipients

HYDRA ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION, LLC$136.7K41%
INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LLC$91.1K27%
CHLOETA HOLDINGS LLC$18.5K5.6%
RUSSELL BYRD$15.7K4.7%
GUARDIAN DB SERVICES,LLC$13.1K4.0%

Spending by fiscal year

78.5KFY2017
71.5KFY2018
73.2KFY2019
83.7KFY2020
50.7KFY2021
73.4KFY2022
145.9KFY2023
37.9K

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$151.4K46%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$135K41%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$13.1K4.0%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$7,0022.1%
Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers · 4244$5,3391.6%
Facilities support services · 5612$4,925

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, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Hudson, Texas's figures are part of those of Angelina County, TX ($12.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.6% of that total.

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

See federal money in Angelina 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, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Pete SessionsR-TX-17 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

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

Angelina County15100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Lufkin, TX4

Other cities and towns in Angelina 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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