Look About Lodge · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Hudson have higher incomes than those in 97% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 3.7% of residents, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. The two grades for Hudson are A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 29% of workers, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hudson: the figures worth knowing
Hudson trades workers with the towns around it
Hudson has about as many jobs (12,306) as working residents (10,431), but they are mostly different people: 8,976 residents leave for work each day while 10,851 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Hudson are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Hudson
29% of Hudson workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hudson is among the top U.S. towns, #12 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Hudson’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hudson stays A+.
The daily flow of workers through Hudson
On a workday 8,976 residents head out to work, 1,455 work right here, and 10,851 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 (1.18 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.
Commuting from Hudson: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hudson workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,850 commuters (the 29% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
13% of working residents work in Cleveland
Where Hudson clocks in
13% of workers
10% of workers
3% 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.
Inside Hudson’s 12,306 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hudson, 2013 → 2023: 11,202 → 12,306. 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.
The commute from Hudson, by distance
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, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hudson is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #468 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Hudson 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 10,997 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.4% of Hudson households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Hudson’s commuters take a bus or train.
8th of 1,712: where Hudson ranks among U.S. towns of 16,000 to 31,000
| # | 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+ |
| 4 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Prior Lake MN | 28,140 | $134K | 3.1% | 1.5% | 10% | A+ |
| 7 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| 8 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| 9 | Westwood MA | 16,426 | $223K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| 10 | West Whiteland Township PA | 20,826 | $133K | 3.0% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 22 | Avon OH | 25,611 | $136K | 3.0% | 1.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,712 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Ohio.
Hudson and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Stow (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hudson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson | – | A+ | B− | 27 min | $171,427 |
| Streetsboro | under 2% | B+ | C− | 22 min | $90,274 |
| Macedonia | under 2% | A | C | 26 min | $101,285 |
| Boston Heights | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 22 min | $121,250 |
| Twinsburg Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 21 min | $128,906 |
| Boston Township | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 25 min | $91,875 |
| Stow | 3% | A− | B | 24 min | $93,727 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$171,427 (±$11,966) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hudson?
3.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hudson?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hudson work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (13%, 21 mi), Akron (10%, 12 mi), Solon (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hudson walkable?
Hudson is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hudson without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% 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.