Eden draws 112 commuters a day, with 4.0 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. Employers in Eden report 112 jobs, and 28 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Eden for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (32%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Eden: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 28 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 100 people are in Eden on a workday afternoon, 420% more 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.
The towns that send workers to Eden
Where Eden clocks in
32% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
A place that makes things: 88% of Eden’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eden, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 112. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Eden
of Eden workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Eden
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 Eden: questions
What is the poverty rate in Eden?
100.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Eden work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (32%, 22 mi), Greenfield (11%, 8 mi), Carmel (11%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eden 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 Eden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eden
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.