Edinburg has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B: better than 58% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 68% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Edinburg; the top destination outside it is Springfield (30%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Edinburg
Edinburg is a place people come home to
There are 103 jobs based in Edinburg, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Edinburg has about 720 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of Edinburg works in Springfield
130 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Springfield, 16 miles away. That’s 15 times as many as work in Edinburg itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Edinburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois 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 440 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Edinburg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Edinburg is better than 58% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Edinburg’s grade up ($89,886, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (7.5%) is left out: Edinburg’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Edinburg could be anywhere from C to A−.
Edinburg quiets down on a workday
On a workday 430 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Edinburg on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.23 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.
30% of working residents work in Springfield
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Edinburg clocks in
30% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edinburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 533 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
103 jobs are based in Edinburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edinburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edinburg, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 103. 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.
Half of Edinburg commutes less than 18 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 29% 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.
Most trips from Edinburg start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edinburg is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Edinburg 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 594 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Edinburg households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Edinburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Edinburg is 796th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Edinburg, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| 20 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 794 | Brookfield VT | 1,276 | $99K | 6.3% | 0.0% | 5% | B |
| 795 | Forestville WI | 1,056 | $81K | 4.5% | 0.7% | 1% | B |
| 796 | Edinburg IL | 1,055 | $90K | 10.3% | 7.5% | 2% | B |
| 797 | Jefferson Township IN | 1,349 | $59K | 1.5% | 7.6% | <1% | B |
| 798 | Berlin OH | 1,232 | $83K | 8.4% | 0.0% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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.
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 Edinburg: questions
What is the median household income in Edinburg?
$89,886 (±$27,836) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edinburg?
10.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edinburg?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edinburg work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (30%, 16 mi), Decatur (9%, 28 mi), Taylorville (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edinburg walkable?
Edinburg is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edinburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edinburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edinburg
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.