Work & commute · Hudson Lake

Work & commute in Hudson Lake, IN

Most working residents leave Hudson Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are La Porte (19%), Michigan City (8%) and South Bend (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 475 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

49 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 474 Hudson Lake residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hudson Lake.

474live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hudson Lake goes to work

La Porte10.9 mi away

19%91

Michigan City16.2 mi away

8%40

South Bend14.9 mi away

8%39

New Carlisle2.4 mi away

4%20

Kankakee6.6 mi away

4%18

Olive4.9 mi away

3%15

East Chicago46.6 mi away

3%12

Wills4.4 mi away

3%12

Valparaiso30.4 mi away

2%9

Center135.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%210

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

How far

How far Hudson Lake commutes

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

19%

44%

16%

21%

19%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hudson Lake is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hudson Lake are

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

Jobs based in Hudson Lake

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Hudson Lake residents hold

475 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+190%

Jobs based in Hudson Lake, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 29. 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.