Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Eden
For 4% of workers, the job is at home (Wisconsin 13%). Only 4% work in Eden itself; outside it, Fond du Lac draws the most (19%, 6 miles). At 22 minutes each way, commutes from Eden run about the Wisconsin average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Eden at work: what stands out
Eden and Fond du Lac trade workers both ways
Fond du Lac is the top workplace for Eden residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Eden come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Eden workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. 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 478 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Eden ends
Where Eden clocks in
19% of workers
4% 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.
Getting to work from Eden takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eden workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 363 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
How a workday changes Eden
On a workday 461 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 305 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Eden on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.67 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.
Eden works in goods: 30% of its jobs
322 jobs are based in Eden.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eden, 2013 → 2023: 279 → 322. 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.
Half of Eden commutes less than 17 miles
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.
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?
$69,167 (±$7,380) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eden?
10.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eden?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eden work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fond du Lac (19%, 6 mi), Oshkosh (4%, 25 mi), Eden (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eden 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, 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.