Hudson Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
5% of workers have no commute at all; Michigan has 14%. Hudson Township has 7 jobs, against 260 working residents. Hardly any work in Hudson Township itself; outside it, Petoskey draws the most (13%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hudson Township: the figures worth knowing
Hudson Township is a place people come home to
There are 7 jobs based in Hudson Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hudson Township has about 420 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Hudson Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Hudson Township fell from 719 in 2011 to 7 in 2021, −99%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 260 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Hudson Township
On a workday 258 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Hudson Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2021, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 57% of the jobs in Hudson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hudson Township, 2011 → 2021: 719 → 7. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hudson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Hudson Township goes to work
Where Hudson Township clocks in
13% 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.
Hudson Township’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hudson Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 266 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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 commute from Hudson Township, by distance
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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Hudson Township and its neighbors: 12% work next door
The biggest share goes to Boyne Valley Township (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hudson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $74,911 |
| Chandler Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Corwith Township | 2% | D | C− | 21 min | $57,308 |
| Boyne Valley Township | 10% | C+ | C | 23 min | $76,653 |
| Elmira Township | under 2% | B− | D | 20 min | $82,143 |
Same-state neighbors only. Chandler Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hudson Township’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 2021, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hudson Township?
$74,911 (±$13,869) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hudson Township?
9.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hudson Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hudson Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Petoskey (13%, 16 mi), Boyne City (12%, 11 mi), Boyne Valley Township (10%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Hudson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hudson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hudson Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.