Hills House · Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Hudson have higher incomes than those in 90% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 4.6%; New Hampshire has 7.2%. Jobs and income earn Hudson A−; getting around on foot earns it C+. About one in seven work in Hudson; the top destination outside it is Nashua (18%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hudson, in brief
Hudson trades workers with the towns around it
Hudson has about as many jobs (13,033) as working residents (13,227), but they are mostly different people: 11,446 residents leave for work each day while 11,252 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in Hudson are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Hudson and Nashua trade workers both ways
Nashua is the top workplace for Hudson residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Hudson come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hudson has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hudson went from 8,875 in 2013 to 13,033 in 2023, +47%. The jobs ↓
Hudson makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Hudson are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hudson residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Hudson pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Hudson pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Hudson’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hudson is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #40 of 126 in New Hampshire. Household income holds Hudson’s grade up ($124,213, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hudson could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The daily flow of workers through Hudson
On a workday 11,446 residents head out to work, 1,781 work right here, and 11,252 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 (0.99 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.
The places Hudson commutes to
Where Hudson clocks in
18% of workers
7% 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.
36% of the jobs in Hudson make or build things
13,033 jobs are based in Hudson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hudson, 2013 → 2023: 8,875 → 13,033. 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.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of New Hampshire
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hudson workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,531 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% 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.
How far Hudson goes to work
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.
In Hudson, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hudson is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #83 of 126 in New Hampshire. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across New Hampshire.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 14,334 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% 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). 2.8% of Hudson households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hudson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hudson places 501st of 1,576 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 18,000 to 35,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 28 | Bedford NH | 23,973 | $167K | 2.7% | 1.7% | 15% | A+ |
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| 71 | Merrimack NH | 29,699 | $127K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 17% | A+ |
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| 182 | Goffstown NH | 18,607 | $114K | 6.4% | 0.8% | 8% | A |
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| 499 | Onondaga NY | 22,431 | $104K | 3.5% | 4.5% | 7% | A− |
| 500 | Branford CT | 28,724 | $105K | 5.9% | 4.2% | 15% | A− |
| 501 | Hudson NH | 26,001 | $124K | 4.6% | 5.0% | 13% | A− |
| 502 | Sparta Township NJ | 20,431 | $168K | 4.0% | 5.4% | 13% | A− |
| 503 | Rolling Meadows IL | 23,690 | $99K | 8.5% | 3.9% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,576 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 New Hampshire.
21% of Hudson works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hudson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson | – | A− | C+ | 31 min | $124,213 |
| Windham | under 3% | A | B− | 31 min | $189,583 |
| Nashua | 18% | A− | B+ | 26 min | $96,326 |
| Pelham | under 3% | A | C+ | 30 min | $135,956 |
| Londonderry | 3% | A | C | 29 min | $132,556 |
| Litchfield | under 3% | A | C | 29 min | $162,036 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Nashua. 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?
$124,213 (±$6,061) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hudson?
4.6%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hudson?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hudson work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashua (18%, 4 mi), Manchester (7%, 16 mi), Merrimack (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hudson walkable?
Hudson is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 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 3% 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.