Work & commute · Hudson

Work & commute in Hudson, MI

Most working residents leave Hudson for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Adrian (9%), Hillsdale (5%) and Jackson (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

154 of 951 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 797 Hudson residents head out of town to work, 154 work right here, and 634 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hudson.

797live here, work elsewhere

154live and work here

634work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hudson goes to work

Hudson (in town)right here

16%154

Adrian15.8 mi away

9%88

Hillsdale15.8 mi away

5%49

Jackson26.9 mi away

4%35

Ann Arbor42.8 mi away

4%35

Madison14 mi away

4%34

Litchfield24.4 mi away

3%25

Toledo, OH41.6 mi away

2%18

Hudson2.6 mi away

2%18

Troy79.4 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%479

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.

20%

35%

21%

24%

20%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hudson is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hudson are

788 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

788 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Hudson residents hold

951 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+39%

Jobs based in Hudson, 2011 → 2021: 566 → 788. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.