The main buildings are a dog boarding business named Gone to the Dogs Kennels & Cattery, Judgeford golf course, some light industrial and other businesses, and houses.

The headquarters of BRANZ, the Building Research Association of New Zealand, is at the beginning of Moonshine Road near Judgeford.

[2] In the 1850s, immigrants from England came to Judgeford to settle land obtained from Māori by the Wellington Company.

It was primarily a creamery where the milk was separated and the cream sent elsewhere to make butter or cheese, and it operated for about 15 years until it burnt down in 1907.

[6] At the 2013 census, 1080 people lived in the Pāuatahanui area unit, which includes Judgeford.