2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Hudson, WI vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Household income in Rochester, is 7% less than it is in Hudson and is 13% above the National Average.
- Hudson unemployment rate is 4.5%.
- Rochester unemployment rate is 3.6%.
 Hudson, WIRochester, MNUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.5%3.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.1%0.4%1.6%
 Future Job Growth37.1%34.7%33.5%
 Sales Taxes5.5%8.1%6.2%
 Income Taxes6.3%7.1%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$43,551$43,827$37,638
 Household Income$85,521$79,159$69,021
 Family Median Income$104,936$101,963$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Hudson, WIRochester, MNUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K8.2%6.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.9%3.4%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K5.5%5.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.5%6.0%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.6%7.5%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.0%6.6%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K8.0%11.4%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K14.3%13.9%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K23.8%18.8%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K8.4%9.4%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K8.8%10.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Hudson, WIRochester, MNUnited States
 Management, business, finance21.3%13.1%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science9.5%10.5%6.5%
 Community, social services2.5%2.2%1.8%
 Legal0.8%0.6%1.2%
 Education, library6.9%6.8%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.4%2.3%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology3.7%18.6%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.0%4.6%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.4%0.8%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving8.0%5.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.0%3.1%3.6%
 Personal care1.3%2.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support19.0%16.4%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair7.0%4.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving13.1%8.4%13.1%
Reviews for Hudson    4 Reviews

Let's face it, most of the negative reviews on Hudson are from people in Minnesota, simply because Hudson is in Wisconsin. But basically everything about WI is better  More

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I can call Hudson home for the past 30 years. Being a Chicago resident when I first arrived it was a bit of a culture shock to move to a smaller town but over the years  More

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Over 18 years ago

Hudson has a great school  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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