Eden Valley has lower household incomes than 61% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 12.5%, where Minnesota as a whole has 9.3%. Eden Valley grades C for jobs and income and C for walkability. For 6% of workers, the job is at home; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Eden Valley, in brief
Eden Valley’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Eden Valley is St. Cloud, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (53) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Eden Valley than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Eden Valley fell from 695 in 2013 to 423 in 2023, −39%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Eden Valley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 61 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 523 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Eden Valley’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Eden Valley is better than 26% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Eden Valley’s grade.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Eden Valley’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, Eden Valley could be anywhere from D to B−.
Where in the region Eden Valley works
About 21% 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.
31% of the jobs in Eden Valley make or build things
423 jobs are based in Eden Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eden Valley, 2013 → 2023: 695 → 423. 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 Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Eden Valley takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eden Valley workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 518 commuters (the 6% 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.
Eden Valley by day and by night
On a workday 498 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 398 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 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.
10% of working residents work in St. Cloud
Where Eden Valley clocks in
10% of workers
6% 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 commute in Eden Valley is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eden Valley is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Eden Valley near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 551 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). 0.8% of Eden Valley households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Eden Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Eden Valley comes 1,891st on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,889 | Cross Creek Township PA | 1,358 | $68K | 16.4% | 12.2% | 2% | C |
| 1,890 | Sandy Springs SC | 1,105 | $71K | 32.7% | 5.6% | <1% | C |
| 1,891 | Eden Valley MN | 1,062 | $68K | 12.5% | 0.0% | 5% | C |
| 1,892 | Dahlgren Township IL | 1,124 | $67K | 9.4% | 11.1% | 9% | C |
| 1,893 | Roseville Township IL | 1,116 | $59K | 9.3% | 3.1% | 5% | 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 Valley, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns around Eden Valley
The biggest share goes to Eden Lake Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eden Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Valley | – | C | C | 31 min | $67,917 |
| Eden Lake Township | 3% | B+ | C | 26 min | $106,518 |
| Manannah Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Manannah Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eden Valley’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 Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Eden Valley?
$67,917 (±$4,748) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eden Valley?
12.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eden Valley?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eden Valley work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (10%, 23 mi), Litchfield (9%, 14 mi), Hutchinson (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eden Valley walkable?
Eden Valley is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eden Valley without a car?
1% 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 Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eden Valley
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.