Dudley is a medium-sized town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 11,849 people and three associated neighborhoods, Dudley is the 164th largest community in Massachusetts.Dudley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Dudley is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dudley who work in sales jobs (12.05%), office and administrative support (11.98%), and management occupations (10.11%). Also of interest is that Dudley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. In addition, Dudley is a college town. There are a lot of students in Dudley attending college, and as a result Dudley provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students. Dudley is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Dudley are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.95% of adults in Dudley having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Dudley in 2022 was $37,153, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,612 for a family of four. However, Dudley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dudley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dudley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dudley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dudley include Irish, Italian, Polish, French, and French Canadian. The most common language spoken in Dudley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
