Eden Township draws 2,852 commuters a day, with 2.0 jobs for every working resident
Eden Township has 3,123 jobs, and 1,585 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Eden Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B−. About one in five stay in Eden Township for work; outside it, Topeka is the main destination (15%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Eden Township, in a few figures
Eden Township makes and builds things
87% of the jobs based in Eden Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Eden Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 61%. The jobs ↓
A young workforce
40% of Eden Township’s working residents are 29 or younger, about one in three. The jobs ↓
Eden Township is where the jobs are
Eden Township has 3,123 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Eden Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Eden Township pay over $40,000 a year
75% of the jobs based in Eden Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Eden Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eden Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #157 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Eden Township’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eden Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Eden Township makes things: 87% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eden Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,531 → 3,123. 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.
Who leaves Eden Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,314 residents head out to work and 271 work right here.
About 6,500 people are in Eden Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Getting to work from Eden Township takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eden Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,822 commuters (the 7% 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.
Where Eden Township’s workers come from
Where Eden Township clocks in
15% of workers
9% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Eden Township
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.
Driving is how Eden Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eden Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #218 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 19.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,958 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). 58.0% of Eden Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Eden Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Eden Township is 1,137th of 3,758 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 92 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,135 | Montrose MN | 3,986 | $103K | 5.3% | 5.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,136 | Adams Township IN | 4,097 | $83K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,137 | Eden Township IN | 5,006 | $91K | 2.9% | 4.5% | 17% | B+ |
| 1,138 | Penn Township PA | 4,890 | $93K | 5.6% | 4.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,139 | Bellevue KY | 5,847 | $71K | 11.4% | 2.2% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Indiana.
Around Eden Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Newbury Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Township | – | B+ | B− | 17 min | $91,067 |
| Clearspring Township | under 3% | B | B | 19 min | $87,768 |
| Perry Township | under 3% | B | B | 24 min | $72,575 |
| Clinton Township | under 3% | A− | B | 16 min | $92,235 |
| Newbury Township | 9% | A | B+ | 20 min | $88,633 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$91,067 (±$6,850) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eden Township?
2.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eden Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eden Township work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (15%, 2 mi), Newbury Township (9%, 6 mi), York Township (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eden Township walkable?
Eden Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 20% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eden Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 58% 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.