Work & commute · Eden

Work & commute in Eden, NY

Most working residents leave Eden for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (18%), Hamburg (14%) and Amherst (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

450 of 3,632 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 3,182 Eden residents head out of town to work, 450 work right here, and 868 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eden.

3,182live here, work elsewhere

450live and work here

868work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eden goes to work

Buffalo16.5 mi away

18%665

Hamburg6 mi away

14%521

Eden (in town)right here

12%450

Amherst25.5 mi away

7%253

Orchard Park9.9 mi away

5%194

Cheektowaga19 mi away

5%179

West Seneca14.3 mi away

3%123

Tonawanda22.7 mi away

2%89

Evans6.2 mi away

2%87

Lancaster21.8 mi away

2%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%994

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.

32%

49%

10%

32%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eden is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eden are

1,318 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

1,318 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Eden residents hold

3,632 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+21%

Jobs based in Eden, 2013 → 2023: 1,087 → 1,318. 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.