Work & commute · Hudson

Work & commute in Hudson, NH

Most working residents leave Hudson for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Nashua (18%), Manchester (7%) and Merrimack (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,781 of 13,227 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,446 Hudson residents head out of town to work, 1,781 work right here, and 11,252 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hudson.

11,446live here, work elsewhere

1,781live and work here

11,252work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hudson goes to work

Nashua4.2 mi away

18%2,335

Hudson (in town)right here

13%1,781

Manchester15.6 mi away

7%892

Merrimack8.4 mi away

4%526

Salem9.7 mi away

4%509

Lowell, MA9.5 mi away

4%472

Londonderry8.3 mi away

3%452

Boston, MA35.8 mi away

3%336

Bedford13.7 mi away

2%316

Chelmsford, MA11.5 mi away

2%280

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%5,328

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.

49%

32%

16%

49%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hudson is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hudson are

13,033 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

13,033 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Hudson residents hold

13,227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+47%

Jobs based in Hudson, 2013 → 2023: 8,875 → 13,033. 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.