Hudson ranks #54 in Florida for cheap rent
Hudson is ranked on 29 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists Hudson does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Hudson marked.
Hudson lands in the top half on 9 of 19 lists
Each dot is Hudson’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Hudson does best come first.
More seniors than 93% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Hudson’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Hudson out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Hudson lands in every FL ranking
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#176
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#54
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#155
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#423
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#312
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#417
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#455
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#209
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#380
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#422 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#277
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#400
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#230 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#506
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#585
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#51
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#45
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#577 
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #575Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#266
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#467
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#93
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#263 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#80
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#257
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 North Miami Beach · 20.3 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Winter Park · 17.4 per resident
Safety
Safest#1 Gulf Breeze · 4.8
The number on the right is Hudson’s spot. All of Florida’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every FL list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.