Hudson OaksTX
A town of 2,800, founded in 1978.
Is Hudson Oaks a good place to live?
Hudson Oaks grades C overall, ranked 309th of 640 in Texas, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $125K and natural-hazard risk is low. On the other side, homes are expensive, about $545K for a typical one and 6 times the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. Hudson Oaks’ median household income is $125,000, where Texas’ towns sit at $69,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Only 72 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score lower on history.
What makes Hudson Oaks stand out
Where Hudson Oaks beats most towns.
Hudson Oaks has grown 68% since 2010
1,662 counted in 2010 and 2,174 in 2020; an estimated 2,800 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 28.4% since 2020, after 30.8% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Hudson Oaks grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Hudson Oaks is from typical.
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AT&T Stadium and 34 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hudson Oaks. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
37 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
36 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw Stadium
20 mi Stadium & arenaAmon G. Carter Stadium
20 mi MuseumKimbell Art MuseumPhoto credits
AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Amon G. Carter Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kimbell Art Museum: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain
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Moving to Hudson Oaks: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hudson Oaks, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Hudson Oaks.
Hudson Oaks has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Texas and has little public open land.
Hudson Oaks earns a D for cost of living
At 6 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home (about $545K) costs more against local pay than in 90% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
Hudson Oaks’ median rent is $1,568 a month. The typical Hudson Oaks home is worth about $545,000, up 1.1% in a year, 84% above the Texas typical home.
| Hudson Oaks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,568 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 69% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Hudson Oaks reports more crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns
The property crime rate in Hudson Oaks is 24 per 1,000 residents.
| Hudson Oaks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 24 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.8 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Tornadoes leads a very low hazard risk in Hudson Oaks
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Hudson Oaks
July afternoons average 95.1°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 33.7°. The Benbrook Dam weather station, 17 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 245 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 84% of Texas places with climate records.
Hudson Oaks has mild winters and hot summers. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Hudson Oaks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 34°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Hudson Oaks is healthier than 64% of U.S. towns
Against the 5,108 U.S. towns with household incomes like Hudson Oaks’s, it is less healthy than 77%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Hudson Oaks beats the Texas average on 11 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 10% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Hudson Oaks.
| Hudson Oaks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 20% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 30% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Hudson Oaks | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 10% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.9% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About one in three of Hudson Oaks’ working residents commute to Fort Worth
Jobs based here grew from 938 in 2013 to 1,519.
Most working residents leave Hudson Oaks for work: only 2% work in town. 3.4% of Hudson Oaks residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Hudson Oaks grew to 1,519 in 2023, 581 more than in 2013.
| Hudson Oaks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 15% | 9.6% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hudson Oaks has set aside 0.4% of its land for conservation
Just 7 of its 2,008 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Hudson Oaks itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gene L Voyles Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Hudson Oaks
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hudson Oaks
About 3 of every 100 Hudson Oaks residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Hudson Oaks
City in Texas, United States
Hudson Oaks is a city in Parker County, Texas, United States located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The population was 2,174 in 2020.
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- Area
- 3.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,043 ft
- Area code
- 817
Hudson Oaks’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Hudson Oaks.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Oaks | #309 | C | D | C− | B− | B |
| Weatherford | #252 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− | B |
| Willow Park | #83 | B+ | D | B | A− | A− |
Questions about Hudson Oaks
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hudson Oaks, TX a good place to live?
Hudson Oaks grades C overall, better than 30% of U.S. towns and #309 of 640 in Texas. It grades B for health, C− for safety and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Hudson Oaks, TX expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.