With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Eden Isle works elsewhere
Only 4% work in Eden Isle; the top destination outside it is New Orleans (19%, 14 miles). 854 jobs are based in Eden Isle, and 2,741 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Eden Isle is better than 59% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Eden Isle, in a few figures
Eden Isle has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Eden Isle went from 479 in 2014 to 854 in 2024, +78%. The jobs ↓
Eden Isle workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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.
Inside Eden Isle’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Eden Isle’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.3%, 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 Isle could be anywhere from B− to A.
Jobs in Eden Isle: what the 854 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eden Isle, 2014 → 2024: 479 → 854. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eden Isle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Eden Isle
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eden Isle workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,044 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 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.
Who commutes out of Eden Isle, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,640 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 753 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,800 people are in Eden Isle on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Eden Isle commutes to
Where Eden Isle clocks in
19% of workers
13% of workers
7% 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.
How far it is to work from Eden Isle
About 18% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Eden Isle start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Louisiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,410 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). 0.9% of Eden Isle households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eden Isle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Eden Isle is 1,507th of 3,051 U.S. towns of 5,400 to 10,400 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 182 | Addis LA | 7,679 | $108K | 3.2% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 952 | Harahan LA | 8,916 | $80K | 7.5% | 3.8% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 989 | Elmwood LA | 6,077 | $89K | 7.7% | 4.8% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,505 | Jefferson Township IN | 5,689 | $71K | 9.2% | 2.3% | 14% | B |
| 1,506 | Jackson Township IN | 6,086 | $86K | 9.8% | 4.0% | 7% | B |
| 1,507 | Eden Isle LA | 7,683 | $78K | 4.8% | 7.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,508 | Carbondale CO | 6,762 | $108K | 10.6% | 2.4% | 16% | B |
| 1,509 | Valley Park MO | 6,767 | $68K | 9.8% | 4.7% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,051 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Isle, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Isle: questions
What is the median household income in Eden Isle?
$78,426 (±$2,547) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eden Isle?
4.8%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eden Isle?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eden Isle work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Orleans (19%, 14 mi), Slidell (13%, 5 mi), Metairie (7%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Eden Isle walkable?
Eden Isle is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eden Isle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eden Isle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eden Isle
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.