Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Work means Denver for about two in five of Edgewater’s working residents
Jobs and income earn Edgewater B−; getting around on foot earns it A+. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 3.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 13.2 in Denver. Only 1% work in Edgewater itself; outside it, Denver draws the most (42%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Edgewater apart
42% of Edgewater works in Denver
978 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Denver, 9.7 miles away. That’s 42 times as many as work in Edgewater itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Edgewater
73% of Edgewater residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Edgewater pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Edgewater’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Colorado average of 25. Time on the road ↓
Most Edgewater residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
37% of the jobs based in Edgewater are held by workers 29 or younger, against 24% of Edgewater’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Edgewater
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Edgewater is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #111 of 159 in Colorado. Job access by car holds Edgewater’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Edgewater could be anywhere from C to A.
Commuting out of Edgewater: the destinations
Where Edgewater clocks in
42% of workers
4% 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.
What Edgewater’s employers do
1,571 jobs are based in Edgewater.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgewater, 2013 → 2023: 1,048 → 1,571. 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 Edgewater’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from Edgewater
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgewater workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,471 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Edgewater
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.
Who works in Edgewater, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,312 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 1,539 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Edgewater on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Edgewater
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edgewater is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #7 of 159 in Colorado. Both inputs place Edgewater near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,251 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 56% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.8% of Edgewater households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Edgewater’s commuters take a bus or train.
Edgewater is 2,154th of 3,840 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Todd Creek CO | 5,379 | $194K | 0.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Sierra Ridge CO | 3,663 | $158K | 0.1% | 2.4% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Genesee CO | 3,778 | $187K | 2.4% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,152 | Brown Township PA | 4,187 | $80K | 16.9% | 1.8% | 9% | B− |
| 2,153 | Stock Island FL | 4,162 | $66K | 11.5% | 1.8% | 9% | B− |
| 2,154 | Edgewater CO | 4,870 | $77K | 15.2% | 6.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,155 | West Point GA | 3,661 | $57K | 12.7% | 0.5% | 14% | B− |
| 2,156 | Porter IN | 5,167 | $75K | 10.5% | 6.5% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Edgewater, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
13% of Edgewater works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Lakewood (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edgewater workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewater | – | B− | A+ | 28 min | $76,591 |
| Lakewood | 10% | B+ | A | 26 min | $89,792 |
| Wheat Ridge | 3% | B+ | A | 23 min | $90,564 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Edgewater’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Edgewater: questions
What is the median household income in Edgewater?
$76,591 (±$7,890) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgewater?
15.2%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgewater?
28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgewater work?
1% work in town.
Is Edgewater walkable?
Edgewater is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.9 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edgewater without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 56% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edgewater, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edgewater
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.