Most of Eden Lake Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Eden Lake Township report 186 jobs, and 772 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Eden Lake Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C). Measured by household income, Eden Lake Township is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Eden Lake Township: the gist
Eden Lake Township is a place people come home to
There are 186 jobs based in Eden Lake Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Eden Lake Township has about 1,100 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Eden Lake Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Eden Lake Township is St. Cloud, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (116) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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; with 772 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Eden Lake Township
The poverty rate holds Eden Lake Township’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Eden Lake Township’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 Lake Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
Who commutes out of Eden Lake Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 752 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Eden Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Half of Eden Lake Township commutes less than 20 miles
About 17% 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.
15% of working residents work in St. Cloud
Where Eden Lake Township clocks in
15% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 87% of work in Eden Lake Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eden Lake Township, 2014 → 2024: 255 → 186. 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 Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eden Lake Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 772 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Most of Eden Lake Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, 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 907 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). 1.2% of Eden Lake Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eden Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Eden Lake Township is 968th of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 966 | Aurdal Township MN | 1,564 | $123K | 3.8% | 1.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 967 | French Lake Township MN | 1,259 | $105K | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 968 | Eden Lake Township MN | 1,661 | $107K | 4.0% | 1.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 969 | Pawling NY | 2,070 | $87K | 8.8% | 2.2% | 16% | B+ |
| 970 | Salina Township IL | 1,208 | $82K | 2.6% | 7.0% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Lake Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Eden Lake Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Eden Valley (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eden Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Lake Township | – | B+ | C | 26 min | $106,518 |
| Paynesville Township | under 2% | B+ | A− | 26 min | $103,906 |
| Eden Valley | 7% | C | C | 31 min | $67,917 |
| Luxemburg Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Munson Township | under 2% | A | C− | 28 min | $121,000 |
| Manannah Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Luxemburg Township and Manannah Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eden Lake 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 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 Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Eden Lake Township?
$106,518 (±$14,211) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eden Lake Township?
4.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eden Lake Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eden Lake Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (15%, 22 mi), Cold Spring (8%, 9 mi), Paynesville (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Eden Lake Township walkable?
Eden Lake Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eden Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eden Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eden Lake Township
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.