Hudson TownshipIL
A town of 2,498, settled in 1836.
Is Hudson Township a good place to live?
The best of Hudson Township’s subject grades are an A+ for incomes, an A for health, and an A− for the outdoors; the weakest is a D for walkability. Only 64 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on incomes. Homes are within reach, about $229K for a typical one, or 2.9 years of the Bloomington metro’s $80K median household income. On walkability, just 107 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns do worse. COMLARA Park, at 1,522 acres with 18.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Hudson Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Hudson Township for work
Where Hudson Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Hudson Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Hudson Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Hudson Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hudson Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Hudson Township.
Hudson Township ranks healthier than 85% of the country’s towns
Hudson Township beats the Illinois average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 18% of adults get no exercise outside work in Hudson Township, against 23% in Illinois’ towns and 25% across U.S. towns. 30% of Hudson Township adults feel lonely.
| Hudson Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 23% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Hudson Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.2% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hudson Township’s schools rank ahead of 68% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by McLean County USD 5. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 216 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Hudson Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Hudson Township for work: only 1% work in town. At $114,000, Hudson Township’s median household income is where Illinois’ towns sit at $83,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. 2.7% of residents live below the poverty line in Hudson Township.
| Hudson Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $114,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.7% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 15% | 11% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Illinois overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (23% statewide); children under 18 are 28% of residents (22% statewide). 47% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Hudson Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 28% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 47% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 39.6 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.4 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Hudson Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.4% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.3% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.7% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.2% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.1% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.6% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.4% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.6% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 29.7% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.3% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,500, single groups can be off by several points
In Hudson Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Hudson Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 16° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Hudson Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hudson Township has set aside 8.5% of its land for conservation
21 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves.
| Hudson Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.5% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. COMLARA Park | 18.1 mi | 1,522 |
| 2. COMLARA Park Main Recreation Area | 1.2 mi | 144 |
| 3. Hubbard Park | 0.3 mi | 22 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Miller Park Zoo and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hudson Township. Close and well known come first.
8 mi GardenFell Arboretum10 mi MuseumPrairie Aviation Museum
18 mi Theme parkSpider Hill
23 mi MuseumAdlai E. Stevenson I HousePhoto credits
Fell Arboretum: Willjay, CC BY 3.0 · Spider Hill: NatFee, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Adlai E. Stevenson I House: Nyttend, Public domain
Everything we know about Hudson Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Hudson Township
About 6 of every 100 Hudson Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Hudson Township
Village in Illinois, United States
Hudson is a village in McLean County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,753 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bloomington–Normal Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Established
- 1836
- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 766 ft
- ZIP code
- 61748
Hudson Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Hudson Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | A |
| El Paso Township | #244 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Money Creek Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | A− |
| Kansas Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Normal Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gridley Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | A− |
Hudson Township, Money Creek Township and Gridley Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Hudson Township, El Paso Township, Money Creek Township and Gridley Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Kansas Township and Normal Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hudson Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Hudson Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hudson Township, IL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.