North Carolina · Census place 3732980

Hudson, North Carolina

Hudson is a town in Caldwell County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,771 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 189th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,771
#189 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
-0.4%
-15 people
Land area
3.7 sq mi
Density
1,030 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Hudson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Hudson population, 2020 to 2024

Hudson lost 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

3,78620203,77720213,75820223,76720233,7712024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,788. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hudson covers 3.66 square miles of land, for 1,030 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Hudson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hudson is in

All of Hudson's residents live in Caldwell County, which had 80,739 residents in 2024. Hudson holds 4.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hudson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hudson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28638. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Hudson is

The Census internal point of Hudson is at 35.847700, -81.486700. Raleigh, the capital, is 159.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sawmills, NC (5,059 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Concord, NC, 57.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.847700, -81.486700
DMS
35°50'51.72"N 81°29'12.12"W
UTM
17N 456050.5E 3967165.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
867WRGX7+38

Daylight in Hudson

At 35.85° N, Hudson gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hudson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Sawmills, 2.2 miles away, with 5,059 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hudson, NC?

3,771 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 15 (0.4%) from 3,786 in July 2020.

What county is Hudson in?

Caldwell County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Hudson?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28638.

How far is Hudson from Raleigh?

159.6 miles (256.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Hudson.

What is the nearest larger city to Hudson?

Sawmills, NC, with 5,059 residents, 2.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.