Keltys Worker Housing · Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Hudson are lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 11.9%; Texas has 13.8%. Jobs and income earn Hudson C+; getting around on foot earns it D. Home is the office for 8% of workers, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Hudson apart
41% of Hudson works in Lufkin
803 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Lufkin, 3.3 miles away across the town line. That’s 6 times as many as work in Hudson itself. The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Hudson pay little
32% of the jobs based in Hudson pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Hudson
57% of Hudson residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 35% of the jobs based in Hudson pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Hudson are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
Where Hudson’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hudson is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #348 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Hudson’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($46,406, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hudson could be anywhere from D to B+.
41% of working residents work in Lufkin
Where Hudson clocks in
41% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
1,519 jobs are based in Hudson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hudson, 2013 → 2023: 1,308 → 1,519. 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.
A commute of about 21 minutes in Hudson
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hudson workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,274 commuters (the 8% 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.
Where in the region Hudson works
About 32% 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.
Who works in Hudson, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,845 residents head out to work, 137 work right here, and 1,382 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 (0.77 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.
For most of Hudson, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hudson is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns, #582 of 642 in Texas. 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 2,462 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). 9.2% of Hudson households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hudson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,200, Hudson ranks 2,343rd of 3,651 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 7 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,341 | Grafton ND | 4,023 | $63K | 14.4% | 0.8% | 53% | C+ |
| 2,342 | Kingfisher OK | 5,201 | $64K | 17.1% | 2.1% | 32% | C+ |
| 2,343 | Hudson TX | 5,328 | $46K | 11.9% | 2.6% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,344 | East End AR | 6,912 | $88K | 14.5% | 9.2% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,345 | St. Thomas Township PA | 6,027 | $74K | 7.3% | 5.9% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,651 | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Hudson and its neighbors: 41% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Lufkin. 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?
$46,406 (±$11,153) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hudson?
11.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hudson?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hudson work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lufkin (41%, 3 mi), Houston (6%, 112 mi), Nacogdoches (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hudson walkable?
Hudson is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hudson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.