| Official Name: | Hudson Township, Michigan |
| Settlement Type: | Civil township |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Hudson Township |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the state of Michigan |
| Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Charlevoix |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Supervisor |
| Leader Name: | Terrence Erber |
| Leader Title1: | Clerk |
| Leader Name1: | Cindi Lambdin |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 91.87 |
| Area Land Km2: | 88.86 |
| Area Water Km2: | 3.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 35.47 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 34.31 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.16 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 671 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 383 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1257 |
| Coordinates: | 45.1594°N -84.7956°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 49713 (Boyne Falls) 49730 (Elmira) 49795 (Vanderbilt) |
| Area Code: | 231 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26-39700[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1626497 |
Hudson Township is a civil township of Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 671 at the 2020 census.[3]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.47sqmi, of which 34.31sqmi is land and 1.16sqmi (3.27%) is water.[5]
Thumb Lake is located within Hudson Township.
As of the census of 2000, there were 639 people, 229 households, and 179 families residing in the township. The population density was 18.6sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 485 housing units at an average density of 14.1sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the township was 97.18% White, 0.16% African American, 1.72% Native American, and 0.94% from two or more races.
There were 229 households, out of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.4% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.8% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.03.
In the township the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 32.2% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.1 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $34,318, and the median income for a family was $37,500. Males had a median income of $27,679 versus $20,208 for females. The per capita income for the township was $15,138. About 8.3% of families and 11.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.0% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.
Hudson Township is served almost evenly between two separate public school districts. The western half of the township is served by Boyne Falls Public School District to the west in Boyne Valley Township, while the eastern half of the township is served by Vanderbilt Area Schools to the northeast in the village of Vanderbilt in Otsego County to the east.[6]