Old Eddyville Historic District · Photo: Acdixon (talk • contribs • count) · Public domainEddyville’s household incomes are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns
8.9% of residents live below the poverty line (Kentucky 16.1%). The two grades for Eddyville are C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in seven work in Eddyville itself; outside it, Princeton draws the most (11%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Eddyville
On income, poverty and job access, Eddyville is better than 26% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Eddyville’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($55,625, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.8%) is left out: Eddyville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Eddyville could be anywhere from D to B−.
In and out of Eddyville on a workday
On a workday 642 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 981 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Eddyville on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Eddyville to work: where people go
Where Eddyville clocks in
11% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
What Eddyville’s employers do
1,082 jobs are based in Eddyville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eddyville, 2013 → 2023: 969 → 1,082. 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.
From Eddyville, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eddyville workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 859 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 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.
How many miles Eddyville commutes
About 29% 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.
Most of Eddyville commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eddyville is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Kentucky.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 916 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). 9.7% of Eddyville households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eddyville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Eddyville ranks: 3,639th of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Lakeside Park KY | 2,847 | $129K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 16 | Indian Hills KY | 2,939 | $192K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Pewee Valley KY | 1,668 | $157K | 3.0% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,637 | Corning AR | 3,065 | $50K | 14.8% | 2.1% | 26% | C |
| 3,638 | Farmington IL | 2,298 | $65K | 11.0% | 9.9% | 15% | C |
| 3,639 | Eddyville KY | 2,306 | $56K | 8.9% | 2.8% | 14% | C |
| 3,640 | Mecosta Township MI | 2,891 | $61K | 19.1% | 2.8% | 3% | C |
| 3,641 | Sheldon NY | 2,336 | $71K | 11.8% | 7.3% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Eddyville, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
Work in the towns next to Eddyville
The biggest share goes to Kuttawa (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eddyville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddyville | – | C | C+ | 27 min | $55,625 |
| Kuttawa | 6% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kuttawa: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eddyville’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 Eddyville: questions
What is the median household income in Eddyville?
$55,625 (±$15,920) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eddyville?
8.9%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eddyville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eddyville work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Princeton (11%, 11 mi), Kuttawa (6%, 2 mi), Calvert City (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eddyville walkable?
Eddyville is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eddyville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% 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. 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.