Friendship United Methodist Church, Old · Photo: Linda Roy Walls · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Eden are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 12.3% of residents (Maryland 9.4%). The two grades for Eden are C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Maryland 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Eden apart
Eden is a place people come home to
There are 8 jobs based in Eden, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Eden has about 750 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Eden’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 37 minutes, longer than the Maryland average of 31. Time on the road ↓
Few Eden workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 313 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Eden’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Eden is better than 19% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Eden’s grade up (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($39,559, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (23.3%) is left out: Eden’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Eden could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who works in Eden, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 313 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Eden on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.03 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 trip to work from Eden: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eden workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
25% of working residents work in Salisbury
Where Eden clocks in
25% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 work there is in Eden: 8 jobs
8 jobs are based in Eden.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eden, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 8. 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Eden
About 25% 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.
In Eden, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eden is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.0% across Maryland, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 287 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). 19.2% of Eden households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eden’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Eden is 2,159th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Galesville MD | 1,062 | $205K | 2.7% | 6.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Libertytown MD | 1,346 | $114K | 1.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,157 | Broadway NC | 1,380 | $65K | 20.5% | 4.1% | 1% | C− |
| 2,158 | Frederic Township MI | 1,195 | $65K | 11.0% | 11.3% | 2% | C− |
| 2,159 | Eden MD | 1,053 | $40K | 12.3% | 23.3% | 0% | C− |
| 2,160 | Superior Township MI | 1,267 | $73K | 14.1% | 1.3% | 3% | C− |
| 2,161 | Bayside Gardens OR | 1,128 | $78K | 14.9% | 8.9% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Work in the towns next to Eden
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eden workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden | – | C− | B+ | 37 min | $39,559 |
| Allen | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Allen: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eden’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: questions
What is the median household income in Eden?
$39,559 (±$19,214) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eden?
12.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eden?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eden work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salisbury (25%, 8 mi), Princess Anne (5%, 6 mi), Baltimore (4%, 87 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eden walkable?
Eden is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 19% 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. 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.