Hudson is a census-designated place (CDP) and the urban center of the town of Hudson, New Hampshire, United States. The population of the CDP was 7,534 at the 2020 census, out of 25,394 in the entire town.
Geography
The CDP occupies the center part of the western side of the town of Hudson, along the eastern side of the Merrimack River, which also forms the Nashua city line. The CDP includes all of Hudson village, as well as a small portion of Hudson Center. The CDP extends north to a line running between Federal Street and Garrison Farm Road, then runs east so that it passes north of Elmwood Drive and Megan Drive. The northern border then runs south of Wagner Way, Joel Path, and Bonnie Lane, and north of Monroe Drive and Jackson Drive, until it reaches Greeley Street, the eastern extent of the CDP. The border runs south on Greeley Street, then west on New Hampshire Route 111, then south on Belknap Road and Melendy Road. The border turns west to follow Pelham Road, then turns south on New Hampshire Route 3A (Lowell Road) to Third Brook, which it follows west to the Merrimack.
Route 111 is the main east–west road through the CDP, leading west across the Merrimack River into Nashua and east to Interstate 93 in Windham. Route 3A runs north from Hudson to Manchester and southeast to Lowell, Massachusetts. New Hampshire Route 102 begins in Hudson and leads northeast to Derry.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Hudson CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 5.57%, are water. Besides the Merrimack River, the CDP contains Ottarnic Pond in the east.
Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 7,336 people, 2,924 households, and 1,968 families residing in the CDP. There were 3,055 housing units, of which 131, or 4.3%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.8% white, 1.5% African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.3% some other race, and 1.6% from two or more races. 3.9% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 2,924 households in the CDP, 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were headed by married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51, and the average family size was 3.01.