Work & commute · Hudson

Work & commute in Hudson, NC

Most working residents leave Hudson for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Lenoir (19%), Hickory (15%) and Charlotte (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

126 of 1,689 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,563 Hudson residents head out of town to work, 126 work right here, and 3,409 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hudson.

1,563live here, work elsewhere

126live and work here

3,409work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hudson goes to work

Lenoir4.5 mi away

19%313

Hickory12 mi away

15%245

Hudson (in town)right here

7%126

Charlotte57.5 mi away

5%79

Morganton14.1 mi away

5%78

Granite Falls4.9 mi away

3%47

Conover17.8 mi away

2%37

Sawmills2.2 mi away

2%29

Newton19.2 mi away

2%29

Raleigh159.4 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%679

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.

43%

26%

11%

21%

43%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hudson is a job hub

2.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hudson are

3,535 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

3,535 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Hudson residents hold

1,689 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+45%

Jobs based in Hudson, 2013 → 2023: 2,435 → 3,535. 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.