Households in Hudson Oaks have higher incomes than those in 90% of U.S. towns
Hudson Oaks grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 3.4% of residents are in poverty, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. Only 2% work in Hudson Oaks; the top destination outside it is Fort Worth (33%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hudson Oaks at work: what stands out
The better-paid jobs are outside Hudson Oaks
71% of Hudson Oaks residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Hudson Oaks pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Hudson Oaks is where the jobs are
Hudson Oaks has 1,571 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
49% of the jobs in Hudson Oaks are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Hudson Oaks has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hudson Oaks went from 990 in 2014 to 1,571 in 2024, +59%. The jobs ↓
One in three of Hudson Oaks works in Fort Worth
336 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Fort Worth, 21 miles away. That’s 17 times as many as work in Hudson Oaks itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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.
Income, poverty and work: Hudson Oaks’ grade explained
The poverty rate holds Hudson Oaks’ grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hudson Oaks could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Inside Hudson Oaks’ 1,571 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hudson Oaks, 2014 → 2024: 990 → 1,571. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hudson Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Hudson Oaks for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,010 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 1,549 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Hudson Oaks on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Hudson Oaks’ workforce comes from
Where Hudson Oaks clocks in
33% of workers
10% 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.
About 30 minutes to work from Hudson Oaks
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hudson Oaks workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,114 commuters (the 15% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hudson Oaks
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Hudson Oaks, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hudson Oaks is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #405 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,304 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). 0.5% of Hudson Oaks households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hudson Oaks’ commuters take a bus or train.
Hudson Oaks places 383rd of 4,703 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 381 | Richville OH | 3,145 | $74K | 1.9% | 1.8% | <1% | A |
| 382 | Rice MN | 2,212 | $108K | 3.0% | 2.3% | 8% | A |
| 383 | Hudson Oaks TX | 2,800 | $125K | 3.4% | 4.4% | 2% | A |
| 384 | Ellington WI | 3,307 | $94K | 3.1% | 2.5% | 1% | A |
| 385 | Falling Water TN | 2,315 | $112K | 7.3% | 1.5% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 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 Oaks, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door is work for 12% of Hudson Oaks
The biggest share goes to Weatherford (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hudson Oaks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Oaks | – | A | C+ | 30 min | $124,545 |
| Weatherford | 10% | B+ | B | 25 min | $81,516 |
| Willow Park | 2% | A | B− | 30 min | $132,045 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hudson Oaks’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 2024, 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 Oaks: questions
What is the median household income in Hudson Oaks?
$124,545 (±$27,408) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hudson Oaks?
3.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hudson Oaks?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hudson Oaks work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (33%, 21 mi), Weatherford (10%, 4 mi), Dallas (7%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hudson Oaks walkable?
Hudson Oaks is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hudson Oaks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hudson Oaks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hudson Oaks
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.