Marcus Hook Range Rear Light · Photo: United States Coast Guard · Public domainEdgemoor’s household incomes are lower than in 75% of U.S. towns
17.5% of residents are in poverty, where Delaware as a whole has 10.4%. For jobs and income Edgemoor is better than 41% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (A+). At 26 minutes each way, commutes from Edgemoor run about the Delaware average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Edgemoor
Edgemoor and Wilmington trade workers both ways
Wilmington is the top workplace for Edgemoor residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Edgemoor come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Edgemoor
59% of Edgemoor residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Edgemoor pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Most Edgemoor residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Edgemoor has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Edgemoor went from 1,673 in 2013 to 2,296 in 2023, +37%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Edgemoor’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Edgemoor’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Edgemoor could be anywhere from C− to B.
15% of working residents work in Wilmington
Where Edgemoor clocks in
15% of workers
4% 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.
In Edgemoor, services account for most jobs
2,296 jobs are based in Edgemoor.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgemoor, 2013 → 2023: 1,673 → 2,296. 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 Edgemoor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Edgemoor’s workers travel
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.
Edgemoor on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,796 residents head out to work, 85 work right here, and 2,211 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How long Edgemoor spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgemoor workers work from home, vs 15% across Delaware. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,960 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Delaware: 84% 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.
Edgemoor is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,435 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, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% 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). 7.9% of Edgemoor households have no vehicle (Delaware 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Edgemoor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Edgemoor places 2,191st of 3,396 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
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| 54 | Pike Creek DE | 7,129 | $140K | 1.3% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 274 | North Star DE | 7,834 | $151K | 3.5% | 3.1% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 300 | New Castle DE | 5,726 | $89K | 4.7% | 1.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,189 | Marion Township OH | 6,619 | $65K | 10.2% | 3.9% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,190 | Dover NY | 8,419 | $92K | 11.4% | 5.9% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,191 | Edgemoor DE | 6,349 | $59K | 17.5% | 4.5% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,192 | Lecanto FL | 7,398 | $56K | 5.8% | 4.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,193 | Boiling Spring Lakes NC | 6,875 | $63K | 8.5% | 3.5% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,396 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Edgemoor, the top three, the last and three more from Delaware.
15% of Edgemoor works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edgemoor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgemoor | – | C+ | A+ | 26 min | $59,424 |
| Wilmington | 15% | C | A+ | 24 min | $58,671 |
| Bellefonte | under 2% | A | A | 21 min | $90,694 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wilmington. Darker towns draw more of Edgemoor’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 Edgemoor: questions
What is the median household income in Edgemoor?
$59,424 (±$3,159) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $84,954 across Delaware and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgemoor?
17.5%, against 10.4% across Delaware and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgemoor?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Delaware and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgemoor work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (15%, 2 mi), New Castle (4%, 7 mi), Philadelphia (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edgemoor walkable?
Edgemoor is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edgemoor without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edgemoor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edgemoor
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.