Photo: Daniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and earnings in Eddyville, and the trip to work
0% of workers have no commute at all; Illinois has 16%. Hardly any work in Eddyville; the top destination outside it is Golconda (8%, 11 miles). The average commute takes 26 minutes each way, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Eddyville by day and by night
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 86 people are in Eddyville on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.74 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.
Where Eddyville goes to work
Where Eddyville clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
The 29 jobs based in Eddyville
29 jobs are based in Eddyville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eddyville, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 29. 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 Eddyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Eddyville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eddyville workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 39 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Eddyville to work
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.
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 Eddyville: questions
What is the median household income in Eddyville?
$28,864 (±$7,549) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eddyville?
6.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eddyville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eddyville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Golconda (8%, 11 mi), Metropolis (8%, 25 mi), Paducah (8%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eddyville 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 Eddyville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eddyville
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.