Charles Pilla House · Photo: Bhall87 · CC BY-SA 3.0Eudora has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 1,204 jobs in Eudora, and 3,160 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Eudora are A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Eudora, in a few figures
Eudora and Lawrence trade workers both ways
Lawrence is the top workplace for Eudora residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Eudora come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Eudora
21% of Eudora workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. Time on the road ↓
Eudora has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Eudora went from 826 in 2013 to 1,204 in 2023, +46%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Eudora
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eudora is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #16 of 151 in Kansas. Household income is its strongest input ($118,184, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eudora could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
24% of working residents work in Lawrence
Where Eudora clocks in
24% 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 trip to work from Eudora: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eudora workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,645 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.
The kinds of work in Eudora
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eudora, 2013 → 2023: 826 → 1,204. 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 Eudora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Eudora by day
On a workday 2,838 residents head out to work, 322 work right here, and 882 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,600 people are in Eudora on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
How far Eudora’s workers travel
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.
Getting around Eudora: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eudora is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #124 of 151 in Kansas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across Kansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,361 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.9% of Eudora households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eudora’s commuters take a bus or train.
Eudora places 327th of 3,218 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Aubry Township KS | 4,719 | $134K | 0.7% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | Pleasant Township KS | 5,459 | $113K | 0.8% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | Tecumseh Township KS | 7,829 | $110K | 2.7% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 325 | Northport NY | 7,336 | $147K | 12.2% | 0.8% | 8% | A |
| 326 | Foster RI | 4,628 | $114K | 4.7% | 2.1% | 7% | A |
| 327 | Eudora KS | 6,506 | $118K | 4.9% | 2.9% | 10% | A |
| 328 | Port Jefferson NY | 8,306 | $145K | 5.6% | 3.3% | 8% | A |
| 329 | Almena Township MI | 5,404 | $108K | 4.2% | 0.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,218 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Eudora, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
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 Eudora: questions
What is the median household income in Eudora?
$118,184 (±$19,649) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eudora?
4.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eudora?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eudora work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrence (24%, 9 mi), Overland Park (9%, 22 mi), Olathe (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eudora walkable?
Eudora is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eudora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eudora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eudora
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.