Eden Roc has some of the lowest household incomes of any U.S. town
Eden Roc grades D− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Eden Roc is among the lowest-earning towns in the country. Below the poverty line: 23.1% of residents, next to 10.0% for Hawaii as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Why Eden Roc gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Eden Roc is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Eden Roc’s grade.
Unemployment (19.2%) is left out: Eden Roc’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Eden Roc stays D−.
Who leaves Eden Roc for work, and who comes in
On a workday 117 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Eden Roc on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.06 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
35% of working residents work in Hilo
Where Eden Roc clocks in
Lines 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.
In Eden Roc, services account for most jobs
7 jobs are based in Eden Roc.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eden Roc, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 7. 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 Eden Roc’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 45 minutes to work from Eden Roc
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eden Roc workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 322 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Hawaii: 72% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Eden Roc commutes
About 46% 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.
In Eden Roc, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eden Roc is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Eden Roc 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 332 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). 3.1% of Eden Roc households have no vehicle (Hawaii 8.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eden Roc’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, and where Eden Roc sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 285 | Mahinahina HI | 1,027 | $163K | 1.8% | 6.3% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 392 | Kaanapali HI | 1,170 | $129K | 4.5% | 17.6% | 27% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 756 | Omao HI | 1,528 | $102K | 3.1% | 7.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,248 | Bylas AZ | 1,551 | $29K | 46.6% | 27.3% | <1% | D− |
| 4,249 | Mariposa CA | 1,137 | $41K | 37.1% | 6.6% | 20% | D− |
| 4,250 | Eden Roc HI | 1,166 | $25K | 23.1% | 19.2% | 1% | D− |
| 4,251 | Fort Belknap Agency MT | 1,227 | $46K | 29.4% | 38.8% | 3% | D− |
| 4,252 | Black Rock NM | 1,125 | $46K | 38.9% | 1.7% | 32% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Eden Roc, the top three, the last and three more from Hawaii.
Around Eden Roc: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Mountain View (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eden Roc workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Roc | – | D− | D | 45 min | $24,771 |
| Mountain View | 3% | D | B− | 40 min | $69,299 |
| Fern Acres | under 2% | D− | C | 32 min | $40,400 |
| Fern Forest | under 2% | D− | B− | 49 min | $42,917 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eden Roc’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 Eden Roc: questions
What is the median household income in Eden Roc?
$24,771 (±$13,786) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eden Roc?
23.1%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eden Roc?
45 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eden Roc work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hilo (35%, 14 mi), Urban Honolulu (15%, 219 mi), Kailua (5%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eden Roc walkable?
Eden Roc is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eden Roc without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eden Roc, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eden Roc
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.