Work & commute · Eden

Work & commute in Eden, TX

Most working residents leave Eden for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are San Angelo (11%), Lubbock (6%) and Paint Rock (3%). Half commute less than 105 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

36 of 234 working residents

Typical commute

105 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 198 Eden residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 419 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eden.

198live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

419work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eden goes to work

Eden (in town)right here

15%36

San Angelo39 mi away

11%26

Lubbock201.2 mi away

6%15

Paint Rock20.9 mi away

3%8

San Antonio144.5 mi away

3%7

Houston283 mi away

3%7

Menard20.9 mi away

3%6

Midland144.7 mi away

3%6

Abilene85.8 mi away

3%6

Brady30.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%113

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.

16%

18%

59%

16%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

59%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eden is a job hub

1.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eden are

455 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

455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Eden residents hold

234 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−31%

Jobs based in Eden, 2013 → 2023: 664 → 455. 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.