Work & commute · Hudson

Work & commute in Hudson, NY

About one in 4 of Hudson’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (13%), Greenport (6%) and Claverack (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

509 of 2,253 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,744 Hudson residents head out of town to work, 509 work right here, and 3,930 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hudson.

1,744live here, work elsewhere

509live and work here

3,930work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hudson goes to work

Hudson (in town)right here

23%509

New York110.1 mi away

13%295

Greenport1.5 mi away

6%145

Claverack5.4 mi away

6%136

Albany28.6 mi away

4%88

Colonie33.8 mi away

3%64

Catskill8.4 mi away

2%48

Red Hook17.1 mi away

2%41

Ghent8.2 mi away

1%33

Chatham15.9 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%867

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.

41%

12%

17%

31%

41%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hudson is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hudson are

4,439 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

4,439 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Hudson residents hold

2,253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+4%

Jobs based in Hudson, 2013 → 2023: 4,277 → 4,439. 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.