Work & commute · Eden

Work & commute in Eden, MI

Most working residents leave Eden for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Webber (9%), Grand Rapids (7%) and Ludington (5%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 122 Eden residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eden.

122live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eden goes to work

Webber11.5 mi away

9%11

Grand Rapids80.8 mi away

7%8

Ludington31.3 mi away

5%6

Manistee24.9 mi away

5%6

Norman7.2 mi away

4%5

Manistee22.5 mi away

4%5

Reed City24.4 mi away

2%3

Cadillac22.7 mi away

2%3

Kentwood86.5 mi away

2%3

Summit32.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%70

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.

28%

16%

46%

9%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eden is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Eden are

32 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

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less53%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Eden residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+433%

Jobs based in Eden, 2011 → 2021: 6 → 32. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.