Photo: Memer15151 · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Hudson Bend top those of 73% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 33% of workers (Texas 14%). 5.8% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. Jobs and income earn Hudson Bend A−; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Hudson Bend apart on work
Home offices are common in Hudson Bend
33% of Hudson Bend workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Hudson Bend has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hudson Bend went from 695 in 2013 to 1,194 in 2023, +72%. The jobs ↓
37% of Hudson Bend works in Austin
549 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Austin, 13 miles away across the town line. That’s 7 times as many as work in Hudson Bend itself. The commute map ↓
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.
Inside Hudson Bend’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hudson Bend is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #127 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hudson Bend could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Hudson Bend
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hudson Bend workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,502 commuters (the 33% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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 kinds of work in Hudson Bend
1,194 jobs are based in Hudson Bend.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hudson Bend, 2013 → 2023: 695 → 1,194. 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 Bend’s own residents hold wherever they work.
37% of working residents work in Austin
Where Hudson Bend clocks in
37% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 Bend on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,419 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 1,121 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 (0.80 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.
Where in the region Hudson Bend works
About 31% 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.
Most of Hudson Bend commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hudson Bend is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #114 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Hudson Bend 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 2,239 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). 3.3% of Hudson Bend households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hudson Bend’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hudson Bend is 608th of 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 606 | Richland Township OH | 2,973 | $89K | 3.3% | 0.5% | 7% | A− |
| 607 | Tinicum Township PA | 3,810 | $122K | 3.0% | 4.8% | 8% | A− |
| 608 | Hudson Bend TX | 4,127 | $96K | 5.8% | 3.3% | 5% | A− |
| 609 | Eagle Lake MN | 3,357 | $97K | 6.2% | 1.2% | 2% | A− |
| 610 | Johnson Township IN | 4,430 | $96K | 6.2% | 0.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Bend, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns next door employ 37% of Hudson Bend
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hudson Bend workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Bend | – | A− | B+ | 26 min | $95,703 |
| Austin | 37% | B+ | A | 24 min | $93,658 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Austin. Darker towns draw more of Hudson Bend’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 Bend: questions
What is the median household income in Hudson Bend?
$95,703 (±$30,484) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hudson Bend?
5.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hudson Bend?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hudson Bend work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (37%, 13 mi), San Antonio (5%, 75 mi), Bee Cave (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hudson Bend walkable?
Hudson Bend is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hudson Bend without a car?
0% 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 Bend, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hudson Bend
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.