Photo: Wknight94 talk · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Hudson are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Hudson; the top destination outside it is Tampa (11%, 30 miles). 13.0% of residents are in poverty, next to 12.6% for Florida as a whole. For jobs and income Hudson is better than 30% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hudson and work: the main findings
Hudson trades workers with the towns around it
Hudson has about as many jobs (4,444) as working residents (5,211), but they are mostly different people: 4,952 residents leave for work each day while 4,185 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Hudson are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Hudson’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hudson is Tampa, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (584) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Hudson workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Hudson’s grade
Job access by car holds Hudson’s grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($51,513, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hudson could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Who commutes out of Hudson, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,952 residents head out to work, 259 work right here, and 4,185 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Hudson commutes less than 26 miles
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How long Hudson spends getting to work: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hudson workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,942 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Hudson’s working residents head each day
Where Hudson clocks in
11% of workers
3% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Hudson
4,444 jobs are based in Hudson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hudson, 2013 → 2023: 3,411 → 4,444. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hudson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Hudson gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,562 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 81% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.2% of Hudson households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hudson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Hudson ranks 1,948th of 2,507 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 235 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 301 | Asbury Lake FL | 14,458 | $101K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 322 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,946 | Fort Bliss TX | 11,460 | $57K | 13.0% | 12.3% | 5% | C |
| 1,947 | Greenville OH | 12,680 | $47K | 14.2% | 4.0% | 32% | C |
| 1,948 | Hudson FL | 11,254 | $52K | 13.0% | 4.6% | 5% | C |
| 1,949 | Hazel Crest IL | 13,024 | $68K | 24.0% | 14.3% | 2% | C |
| 1,950 | Warrenton MO | 9,667 | $61K | 14.6% | 4.7% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hudson, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Hudson and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bayonet Point (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hudson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson | – | C | B | 35 min | $51,513 |
| Bayonet Point | 2% | C− | A− | 30 min | $42,524 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hudson’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hudson: questions
What is the median household income in Hudson?
$51,513 (±$8,094) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hudson?
13.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hudson?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hudson work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (11%, 30 mi), St. Petersburg (3%, 41 mi), Spring Hill (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hudson walkable?
Hudson is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hudson without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hudson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hudson
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.