Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Unemployment in Edwards (10.3%) is higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Edwards itself; outside it, Vail draws the most (15%, 14 miles). For jobs and income Edwards is better than 22% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (B+). Commuters spend 17 minutes getting to work on average; Colorado averages 25, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Edwards apart
The four measures behind Edwards’ grade
Household income holds Edwards’ grade up ($81,909, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Edwards could be anywhere from D to B.
Commuting from Edwards: about 17 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edwards workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,070 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.
The daily flow of workers through Edwards
On a workday 3,840 residents head out to work, 818 work right here, and 2,470 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,400 people are in Edwards on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.71 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.
Where people from Edwards work
Where Edwards clocks in
14% of workers
6% 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.
66% of the jobs in Edwards pay over $3,333 a month
3,288 jobs are based in Edwards.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edwards, 2013 → 2023: 2,570 → 3,288. 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 Edwards’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Edwards goes to work
About 25% 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.
Getting around Edwards: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 6.4% across Colorado, on an EPA index of 7.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,355 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 0.5% of Edwards households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Edwards’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Edwards comes 2,135th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Cherry Creek CO | 10,721 | $154K | 5.0% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Fairmount CO | 9,902 | $164K | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Timnath CO | 11,600 | $178K | 4.4% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,133 | Lake Township OH | 12,740 | $57K | 19.4% | 5.6% | 21% | C− |
| 2,134 | Bennington VT | 14,953 | $59K | 13.2% | 5.4% | 56% | C− |
| 2,135 | Edwards CO | 10,785 | $82K | 12.5% | 10.3% | 18% | C− |
| 2,136 | Batesville AR | 11,860 | $52K | 26.3% | 3.4% | 53% | C− |
| 2,137 | Mayfield KY | 9,851 | $41K | 26.9% | 3.4% | 30% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Edwards, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Edwards and its neighbors: 14% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Avon. Darker towns draw more of Edwards’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 Edwards: questions
What is the median household income in Edwards?
$81,909 (±$15,161) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edwards?
12.5%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edwards?
17 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edwards work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vail (15%, 14 mi), Avon (14%, 6 mi), Eagle (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edwards walkable?
Edwards is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edwards without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edwards, from the people who make the trip.
More of 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. 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.