With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Hudson Township works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Hudson Township C; getting around on foot earns it C−. There are 109 jobs in Hudson Township, against 621 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Hudson Township
The four measures behind Hudson Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hudson Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hudson Township’s grade up (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($54,471, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Hudson Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hudson Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
A workday in Hudson Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 606 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Hudson Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
14% of working residents work in Hudson
Where Hudson Township clocks in
Lines 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.
62% of the jobs in Hudson Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hudson Township, 2011 → 2021: 145 → 109. 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.
The trip to work from Hudson Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 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 432 commuters (the 17% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hudson Township
About 21% 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.
In Hudson Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hudson Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 522 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 16.7% of Hudson Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hudson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hudson Township is 2,882nd among 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 185 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,880 | Golden Meadow LA | 1,636 | $72K | 9.9% | 1.2% | 3% | C |
| 2,881 | Bartlett TX | 1,678 | $67K | 14.3% | 4.2% | 1% | C |
| 2,882 | Hudson Township MI | 1,505 | $54K | 5.8% | 4.2% | 2% | C |
| 2,883 | Galveston IN | 1,273 | $57K | 10.6% | 4.3% | 2% | C |
| 2,884 | Franklin Township MI | 1,534 | $78K | 9.0% | 2.1% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work next door: 14% of Hudson Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hudson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Township | – | C | C− | 27 min | $54,471 |
| Hudson | 14% | D | A− | 28 min | $53,009 |
| Medina Township | under 3% | C | D | 39 min | $72,266 |
| Rollin Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 30 min | $79,736 |
| Dover Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 32 min | $73,889 |
| Pittsford Township | under 3% | C | C− | 28 min | $70,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hudson. 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?
$54,471 (±$10,938) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hudson Township?
5.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hudson Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hudson Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hudson (14%, 3 mi), Adrian (9%, 13 mi), Hillsdale (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Hudson Township walkable?
Hudson Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hudson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% 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. 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.