Work & commute · Eden Valley

Work & commute in Eden Valley, MN

Most working residents leave Eden Valley for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (10%), Litchfield (9%) and Hutchinson (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 523 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 498 Eden Valley residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 398 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eden Valley.

498live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

398work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eden Valley goes to work

St. Cloud22.9 mi away

10%53

Litchfield14.1 mi away

9%49

Hutchinson31.5 mi away

6%32

Cold Spring10.8 mi away

5%27

Eden Valley (in town)right here

5%25

Paynesville9.3 mi away

4%23

Willmar28.7 mi away

4%19

Litchfield15.4 mi away

3%17

Eden Lake3.3 mi away

3%14

Wakefield10.6 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%253

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

How far

How far Eden Valley commutes

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

18%

41%

21%

18%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eden Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eden Valley are

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

Jobs based in Eden Valley

423 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Eden Valley residents hold

523 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−39%

Jobs based in Eden Valley, 2013 → 2023: 695 → 423. 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.