Fewer people are out of work in Edgewood (1.2%) than in 93% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 27 minutes each way; Florida averages 28, the U.S. 26. Edgewood grades A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 58% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Edgewood and work: the main findings
Edgewood and Orlando trade workers both ways
Orlando is the top workplace for Edgewood residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Edgewood come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Edgewood gains people on a workday
About 3,500 people are in Edgewood on a workday afternoon, 22% more than the 2,800 who live here: 1,900 come in to work and 1,300 head out. Day and night ↓
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.
Why Edgewood gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($81,481, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Edgewood could be anywhere from B to A+.
32% of working residents work in Orlando
Where Edgewood clocks in
32% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Who leaves Edgewood for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,273 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 1,903 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Edgewood on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 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.
What work there is in Edgewood: 1,933 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgewood, 2013 → 2023: 1,636 → 1,933. 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 Edgewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Edgewood: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgewood workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,206 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Edgewood’s workers travel
About 20% 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 commute in Edgewood is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edgewood is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #470 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,518 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 58% 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 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% 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). 2.3% of Edgewood households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Edgewood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800, Edgewood comes 266th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 264 | Hahnville LA | 3,520 | $101K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| 265 | Aberdeen Proving Ground MD | 2,193 | $125K | 0.9% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| 266 | Edgewood FL | 2,845 | $81K | 5.0% | 1.2% | 2% | A |
| 267 | Germantown Hills IL | 3,436 | $147K | 5.4% | 2.1% | 3% | A |
| 268 | Lake Township IN | 2,917 | $87K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Edgewood, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work next door: 32% of Edgewood’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edgewood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood | – | A | B− | 27 min | $81,481 |
| Holden Lakes | under 1% | B | A | 25 min | $70,809 |
| Belle Isle | under 1% | B+ | B− | 28 min | $104,559 |
| Pine Castle | under 1% | C | B+ | 25 min | $49,761 |
| Orlando | 32% | B− | A | 26 min | $72,336 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Orlando. Darker towns draw more of Edgewood’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 Edgewood: questions
What is the median household income in Edgewood?
$81,481 (±$34,476) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgewood?
5.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgewood?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgewood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (32%, 3 mi), Lake Buena Vista (4%, 12 mi), Winter Park (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edgewood walkable?
Edgewood is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edgewood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edgewood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edgewood
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.