Photo: ONUnicorn · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Edgewood commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 145 jobs in Edgewood; 887 of its residents have a job. Edgewood grades A for jobs and income and B for walkability. The poverty rate is 2.9%, next to 12.3% for Indiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Edgewood stands out on work
Edgewood is a place people come home to
There are 145 jobs based in Edgewood, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Edgewood has about 1,300 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Edgewood and Anderson trade workers both ways
Anderson is the top workplace for Edgewood residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Edgewood come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 887 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Edgewood gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Edgewood is better than 90% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($87,770, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and unemployment 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+.
How a workday changes Edgewood
On a workday 866 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Edgewood on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
24% of working residents work in Anderson
Where Edgewood clocks in
24% of workers
18% 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.
The kinds of work in Edgewood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgewood, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 145. 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.
How long Edgewood spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgewood workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 909 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Edgewood
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.
Most of Edgewood commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edgewood is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Edgewood 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 1,041 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). 1.8% of Edgewood households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Edgewood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Edgewood next to U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800: 352nd of 5,148 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 350 | Richland Township KS | 2,620 | $119K | 1.7% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| 351 | Hillsboro Beach FL | 2,015 | $94K | 5.4% | 7.9% | 9% | A |
| 352 | Edgewood IN | 2,087 | $88K | 2.9% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| 353 | Buffalo Township MN | 1,945 | $118K | 5.4% | 1.6% | 2% | A |
| 354 | Rice MN | 2,212 | $108K | 3.0% | 2.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Indiana.
24% of Edgewood works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Anderson. 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?
$87,770 (±$10,775) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgewood?
2.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgewood?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgewood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Anderson (24%, 3 mi), Indianapolis (18%, 31 mi), Noblesville (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edgewood walkable?
Edgewood is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edgewood without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.