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Work & commute · Hudson

Work & commute in Hudson, IL

Most working residents leave Hudson for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (38%), Normal (16%) and Gridley (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
7 of 750 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
16%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 743 Hudson residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hudson.

743live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
120work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Hudson goes to work

TowandaDanversHudsonGridleyFairburyLexingtonEl PasoUrbanaChampaignNormalBloomingtonChicagoPeoriaTowandaMoney CreekBloomingtonNormalGridleyEl PasoPeoriaChicagoTowandaUrbanaChampaignHudson
1
Bloomington9 mi away
38%282
2
Normal5.9 mi away
16%123
3
Gridley11.1 mi away
3%23
4
El Paso9.5 mi away
3%23
5
Peoria34.4 mi away
3%23
6
Chicago108.8 mi away
2%18
7
Towanda8.3 mi away
1%9
8
Urbana53.9 mi away
1%8
9
Champaign50.7 mi away
1%8
10
Hudson (in town)right here
1%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%226

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.

57%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Hudson is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hudson are

127 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

127 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities37%
Services (health, schools, offices…)27%
$1,250 a month or less29%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Hudson residents hold

750 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month69%
−14%

Jobs based in Hudson, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 127. 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.

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