Work & commute · Hudson

Work & commute in Hudson, SD

Most working residents leave Hudson for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (31%), Beresford (11%) and Canton (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 132 Hudson residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hudson.

132live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hudson goes to work

Sioux Falls31.6 mi away

31%42

Beresford16.7 mi away

11%15

Canton13.6 mi away

7%9

Hudson (in town)right here

4%5

Vermillion33.8 mi away

4%5

Rapid City344.4 mi away

3%4

Hawarden, IA9 mi away

2%3

Sioux Center, IA14.8 mi away

2%3

Sioux City, IA44 mi away

2%3

Alcester11 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%45

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.

33%

46%

13%

8%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hudson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hudson are

152 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

152 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Hudson residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+81%

Jobs based in Hudson, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 152. 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.