Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC BY-SA 3.0Hudson Falls has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
4% of workers have no commute at all, next to 15% for New York as a whole. There are 696 jobs in Hudson Falls; 3,105 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Hudson Falls is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hudson Falls, in brief
Commutes from Hudson Falls are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Hudson Falls works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders Hudson Falls: Queensbury (17%), Kingsbury (9%) and Fort Edward (7%). Next door ↓
Hudson Falls is a place people come home to
There are 696 jobs based in Hudson Falls, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hudson Falls has about 4,900 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Hudson Falls workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Jobs & income in Hudson Falls: the grade in detail
Unemployment holds Hudson Falls’ grade up (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($62,969, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hudson Falls could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Time on the road from Hudson Falls: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hudson Falls workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,496 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In and out of Hudson Falls on a workday
On a workday 3,014 residents head out to work, 91 work right here, and 605 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Hudson Falls on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2023, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Queensbury
Where Hudson Falls clocks in
17% of workers
15% of workers
9% 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.
What Hudson Falls’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hudson Falls, 2013 → 2023: 768 → 696. 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 Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Hudson Falls works
About 15% 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.
Getting around Hudson Falls: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,653 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). 14.8% of Hudson Falls households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Hudson Falls’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hudson Falls is 2,004th of 3,154 U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 15 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,002 | Green OR | 7,541 | $67K | 10.6% | 3.1% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,003 | Nappanee IN | 6,885 | $69K | 9.1% | 6.0% | 23% | C+ |
| 2,004 | Hudson Falls NY | 7,333 | $63K | 10.0% | 4.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,005 | South Ottawa Township IL | 8,299 | $84K | 13.5% | 4.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,006 | Batesville IN | 7,401 | $62K | 14.2% | 2.5% | 36% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,154 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Falls, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 37% of Hudson Falls’ workers
The biggest share goes to Queensbury (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hudson Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Falls | – | C+ | B+ | 21 min | $62,969 |
| Kingsbury | 9% | C+ | B | 21 min | $72,091 |
| Moreau | 4% | B− | C | 22 min | $81,317 |
| Queensbury | 17% | B | B | 21 min | $89,772 |
| Fort Edward | 7% | C | C | 24 min | $70,366 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hudson Falls’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 Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Hudson Falls?
$62,969 (±$15,033) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hudson Falls?
10.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hudson Falls?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hudson Falls work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Queensbury (17%, 6 mi), Glens Falls (15%, 3 mi), Kingsbury (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hudson Falls walkable?
Hudson Falls is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hudson Falls without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hudson Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hudson Falls
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.