Work & commute · Hudsonville

Work & commute in Hudsonville, MI

Most working residents leave Hudsonville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (15%), Georgetown (9%) and Wyoming (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

296 of 3,674 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 3,378 Hudsonville residents head out of town to work, 296 work right here, and 4,637 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hudsonville.

3,378live here, work elsewhere

296live and work here

4,637work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hudsonville goes to work

Grand Rapids12.8 mi away

15%535

Georgetown3.3 mi away

9%315

Hudsonville (in town)right here

8%296

Wyoming8.4 mi away

7%275

Zeeland8.1 mi away

5%170

Grandville6.4 mi away

4%156

Holland13.4 mi away

4%144

Kentwood14 mi away

4%138

Holland10.9 mi away

3%128

Jamestown4.3 mi away

3%120

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,397

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

How far

How far Hudsonville commutes

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

42%

11%

42%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hudsonville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hudsonville are

4,933 jobs are based in Hudsonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hudsonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hudsonville

4,933 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Hudsonville residents hold

3,674 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−15%

Jobs based in Hudsonville, 2011 → 2021: 5,835 → 4,933. 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.