Eden Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The two grades for Eden Township are B for jobs and income and C for walkability. Eden Township has 222 jobs, and 614 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Eden Township; the top destination outside it is Peru (10%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Eden Township and work: the main findings
Why Eden Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Eden Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Eden Township’s grade up (6.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.8%) is left out: Eden Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Eden Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Miles to work from Eden Township
About 38% 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 commutes out of Eden Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 605 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Eden Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
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 people from Eden Township work
Where Eden Township clocks in
10% of workers
6% 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.
Eden Township works in goods: 45% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eden Township, 2013 → 2023: 247 → 222. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eden Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 548 commuters (the 10% 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 commute in Eden Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eden Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Eden Township 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 609 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). 2.5% of Eden Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eden Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Eden Township ranks: 1,511th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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+ |
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| 28 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,509 | North Liberty IN | 1,624 | $75K | 8.3% | 6.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,510 | West Homestead PA | 1,778 | $77K | 6.9% | 8.4% | 4% | B |
| 1,511 | Eden Township IL | 1,356 | $82K | 6.9% | 3.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,512 | Wayne ME | 1,167 | $93K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,513 | Venice Township OH | 1,634 | $86K | 6.7% | 1.1% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Eden Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Township | – | B | C | 26 min | $81,786 |
| LaSalle Township | under 2% | C | B | 21 min | $61,240 |
| Vermillion Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Peru Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Deer Park Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Hope Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Granville Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 23 min | $70,709 |
Same-state neighbors only. Vermillion Township, Deer Park Township and Hope Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Peru Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eden Township’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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Eden Township?
$81,786 (±$12,167) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eden Township?
6.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eden Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eden Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peru (10%, 8 mi), Streator (6%, 16 mi), Ottawa (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eden Township walkable?
Eden Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eden Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eden Township
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.