Work & commute · Eden

Work & commute in Eden, IN

Most working residents leave Eden for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (15%), Newbury (9%) and York (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

271 of 1,585 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,314 Eden residents head out of town to work, 271 work right here, and 2,852 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eden.

1,314live here, work elsewhere

271live and work here

2,852work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eden goes to work

Topeka2.5 mi away

15%239

Newbury6.2 mi away

9%136

York13.5 mi away

8%121

Middlebury9.8 mi away

7%110

Elkhart21.4 mi away

6%88

Goshen12.6 mi away

5%82

Eden (in town)right here

5%81

Shipshewana7.8 mi away

4%58

Lagrange10.6 mi away

3%41

Clinton7 mi away

3%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%588

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Eden commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

48%

29%

14%

48%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eden is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Eden are

3,123 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 Eden

3,123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)87%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Eden residents hold

1,585 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+23%

Jobs based in Eden, 2013 → 2023: 2,531 → 3,123. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe 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 saysA 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 surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.