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Work & commute in Eden · A job hub

Every workday, about 110 people come to Eden for work

Most working residents leave Eden for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Greenfield (11%), Carmel (11%) and Center (11%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 28 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
0%
Less than IN (11%)
Jobs based here
112
A job hub

What kind of work town is Eden?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Day and night

Eden’s population more than triples on a workday

On a workday 28 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.

28live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
112work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night20
Workday100
20live here− 28head out to work+ 110come in to work= 100on a workday

About 100 people are in Eden on a workday afternoon, 420% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
4.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

4.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 commute map

Where Eden’s workers come from

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Wilkinson: 2 workers live here (2%)South WhitleyKnightstownGreenfield: 10 workers live here (9%)Fishers: 3 workers live here (3%)Anderson: 7 workers live here (6%)KokomoGreenwoodCarmelMadison: 3 workers live here (3%)CenterWayneBuck Creek: 3 workers live here (3%)Jackson: 3 workers live here (3%)Brown: 5 workers live here (4%)LawrenceGreen: 7 workers live here (6%)Center: 6 workers live here (5%)EdenGreenfieldAndersonGreenCenterBrownFishersEden
1
Greenfield7.5 mi away
9%10
2
Anderson13.6 mi away
6%7
3
Green1.4 mi away
6%7
4
Center5.9 mi away
5%6
5
Brown7.2 mi away
4%5
6
Fishers11.3 mi away
3%3
7
Madison35.6 mi away
3%3
8
Buck Creek8.3 mi away
3%3
9
Jackson8.1 mi away
3%3
10
Wilkinson8.6 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%63
The top trips

Where Eden clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

How far

Half of Eden commutes less than 20 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGreenfield: 11% · 7.5 miCarmel: 11% · 20.6 miCenter: 11% · 21.5 miLawrence: 11% · 12.9 miGreenwood: 7% · 27.3 miWayne: 7% · 27.7 miSouth Whitley: 4% · 82 miKnightstown: 4% · 14.6 miAnderson: 4% · 13.6 miKokomo: 4% · 43.2 miGreenfield 11%Carmel 11%Center 11%Lawrence 11%Greenwood 7%Eden
EdenTop destinations (size = commuters)
18%Under 10 mi5 residents
54%10–24 mi15 residents
18%25–50 mi5 residents
11%Over 50 mi3 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Eden makes things: 88% of its jobs are in goods

112 jobs are based in Eden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in EdenJobs Eden residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms88%21%
Trade, transport & utilities0%25%
Services: health, schools, offices13%54%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less3%4%
$1,251–$3,333 a month7%21%
Over $3,333 a month90%75%

Who does it

29 or younger16%14%
30 to 5451%61%
55 and older33%25%
+37%

Jobs based in Eden, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 112. 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Eden

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
0%

of Eden workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10

How Eden ranks on commute time →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
  • Where the employer says. A job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
  • Two surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
Beyond the commute

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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.

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