Photo: Victor Foulk · CC BY-SA 1.0North Edwards has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 3% work in North Edwards; the top destination outside it is Los Angeles (10%, 79 miles). Employers in North Edwards report 115 jobs for 223 working residents. For 8% of workers, the job is at home (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: North Edwards in brief
A big share show a job far from home
54% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
North Edwards’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside North Edwards is Los Angeles, 79 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (22) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
North Edwards workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 223 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The commute from North Edwards, by distance
About 54% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The trip to work from North Edwards: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Edwards workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 301 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many people are in North Edwards by day
On a workday 217 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in North Edwards on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where North Edwards goes to work
Where North Edwards clocks in
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in North Edwards
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Edwards, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 115. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Edwards’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in North Edwards: questions
What is the median household income in North Edwards?
$45,568 (±$31,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Edwards?
27.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Edwards?
36 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Edwards work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (10%, 79 mi), Lancaster (9%, 32 mi), Boron (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around North Edwards without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Edwards, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Edwards
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.