With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Hudson Lake works elsewhere
32 jobs are based in Hudson Lake; 428 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Hudson Lake are B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. 0% of workers work from home (Indiana 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hudson Lake
Hudson Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 49 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 376 hours of commuting, 192 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Hudson Lake is a place people come home to
There are 32 jobs based in Hudson Lake, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hudson Lake has about 950 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hudson Lake and La Porte trade workers both ways
La Porte is the top workplace for Hudson Lake residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Hudson Lake come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 428 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Hudson Lake’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hudson Lake is better than 73% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($98,253, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Hudson Lake’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hudson Lake could be anywhere from B− to A.
How long Hudson Lake spends getting to work: about 49 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hudson Lake workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 575 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Hudson Lake
On a workday 428 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Hudson Lake on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in La Porte
Where Hudson Lake clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 34% of the jobs in Hudson Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hudson Lake, 2014 → 2024: 6 → 32. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hudson Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Hudson Lake commutes less than 16 miles
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Hudson Lake: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hudson Lake is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Hudson Lake near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 575 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 0.0% of Hudson Lake households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hudson Lake’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hudson Lake is 793rd among 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 791 | Hanover OH | 1,397 | $83K | 4.3% | 1.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 792 | Barbee IN | 1,464 | $95K | 3.8% | 12.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 793 | Hudson Lake IN | 1,347 | $98K | 7.2% | 0.0% | 0% | B+ |
| 794 | Paxtang PA | 1,632 | $87K | 4.1% | 6.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 795 | Taylor Township IN | 1,123 | $109K | 1.8% | 2.9% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Lake, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Hudson Lake?
$98,253 (±$14,639) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hudson Lake?
7.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hudson Lake?
49 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hudson Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Porte (16%, 11 mi), South Bend (8%, 15 mi), Michigan City (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hudson Lake walkable?
Hudson Lake is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hudson Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hudson Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hudson Lake
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.