Work & commute · Hudson

Work & commute in Hudson, IA

Most working residents leave Hudson for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (43%), Cedar Falls (23%) and Cedar Rapids (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

85 of 1,215 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,130 Hudson residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 602 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hudson.

1,130live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

602work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hudson goes to work

Waterloo6.4 mi away

43%524

Cedar Falls5.8 mi away

23%274

Hudson (in town)right here

7%85

Cedar Rapids51.2 mi away

3%31

Des Moines84.2 mi away

2%24

Waverly19.9 mi away

1%13

West Des Moines91.7 mi away

1%13

Ankeny76.4 mi away

1%11

Iowa City71.6 mi away

1%10

Dubuque89 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%221

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Hudson commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

71%

17%

71%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hudson is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hudson are

687 jobs are based in Hudson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hudson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hudson

687 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Hudson residents hold

1,215 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−2%

Jobs based in Hudson, 2013 → 2023: 700 → 687. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.