Dudley is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Dudley enrolled in college, Dudley has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Dudley’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
Being a small town, Dudley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Dudley who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.86% of adults in Dudley have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Dudley in 2018 was $35,636, 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 $142,544 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, Polish, French, Italian, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Dudley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
