Photo: Jessamyn · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Eden commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
84 jobs are based in Eden, and 620 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Eden B−; getting around on foot earns it C+. For 6% of workers, the job is at home; Vermont has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Eden
Eden is a place people come home to
There are 84 jobs based in Eden, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Eden has about 760 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Eden workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 24 across Vermont. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 107 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 620 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Eden’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Eden is better than 46% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Eden’s grade up (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) 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 C to B.
Who commutes out of Eden, and who commutes in
On a workday 596 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Eden on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Eden: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eden workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 708 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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.
19% of working residents work in Morristown
Where Eden clocks in
19% 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.
70% of the jobs in Eden pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eden, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 84. 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.
How far it is to work from Eden
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.
Getting around Eden: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eden is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.2% across Vermont.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 750 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all 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). 0.4% of Eden households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eden’s commuters take a bus or train.
Eden next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 1,864th of 4,866 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 529 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 679 | Cornwall VT | 1,290 | $115K | 0.8% | 7.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 873 | West Windsor VT | 1,355 | $109K | 3.7% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,862 | Marion Township IN | 1,108 | $83K | 10.4% | 6.8% | <1% | B− |
| 1,863 | Lincoln VT | 1,400 | $97K | 7.5% | 4.8% | 4% | B− |
| 1,864 | Eden VT | 1,291 | $84K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 4% | B− |
| 1,865 | Oriskany NY | 1,329 | $63K | 11.0% | 4.2% | 6% | B− |
| 1,866 | Freedom PA | 1,442 | $74K | 20.4% | 2.3% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Vermont.
15% of Eden works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Hyde Park (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eden workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden | – | B− | C+ | 38 min | $83,578 |
| Lowell | under 2% | — | — | 55 min | — |
| Johnson | 4% | D | A | 33 min | $55,346 |
| Craftsbury | under 2% | C+ | A− | 27 min | $83,672 |
| Hyde Park | 11% | B+ | C | 26 min | $84,375 |
| Belvidere | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Albany | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Montgomery | under 2% | D | C+ | 37 min | $53,289 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lowell: not graded. Belvidere and Albany: 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?
$83,578 (±$8,097) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eden?
6.1%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eden?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eden work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morristown (19%, 13 mi), Hyde Park (11%, 6 mi), Stowe (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eden walkable?
Eden is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eden 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, 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.