Hughson is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 7,734 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hughson is the 457th largest community in California. Much of the housing stock in Hughson was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Hughson economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Hughson, where the median household income is $99,449.00.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.54% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small city, Hughson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Hughson rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.40% of adults 25 and older in Hughson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Hughson in 2022 was $40,898, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $163,592 for a family of four. However, Hughson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hughson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hughson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hughson residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Hughson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 40.37% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hughson include German, Irish, English, Portuguese, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Hughson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.