Photo: Publichall · CC BY-SA 3.0At 8.4%, unemployment in Edinburgh is higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Edinburgh are C for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in five stay in Edinburgh for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (20%, 31 miles). Household incomes here are lower than in 73% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Edinburgh stands out on work
Edinburgh makes and builds things
62% of the jobs based in Edinburgh are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Edinburgh residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
Edinburgh trades workers with the towns around it
Edinburgh has about as many jobs (1,805) as working residents (1,900), but they are mostly different people: 1,558 residents leave for work each day while 1,463 people come in. Only 19% of the jobs in Edinburgh are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Edinburgh’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Edinburgh is Indianapolis, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (389) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
How Edinburgh earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Edinburgh is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #457 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Edinburgh’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Edinburgh could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Edinburgh makes things: 62% of its jobs are in goods
1,805 jobs are based in Edinburgh.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edinburgh, 2013 → 2023: 2,345 → 1,805. 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 Edinburgh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Edinburgh, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,558 residents head out to work, 342 work right here, and 1,463 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 (0.95 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.
Miles to work from Edinburgh
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.
Commuting out of Edinburgh: the destinations
Where Edinburgh clocks in
20% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
Time on the road from Edinburgh: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edinburgh workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,987 commuters (the 11% 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.
Edinburgh is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edinburgh is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #66 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Edinburgh 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 2,238 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.3% of Edinburgh households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Edinburgh’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Edinburgh is 2,762nd of 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,760 | Alexandria NY | 3,632 | $85K | 7.1% | 7.1% | 27% | C |
| 2,761 | Greene Township PA | 4,428 | $86K | 17.9% | 7.0% | 6% | C |
| 2,762 | Edinburgh IN | 4,575 | $61K | 11.3% | 8.4% | 18% | C |
| 2,763 | McLeansboro Township IL | 3,611 | $53K | 17.1% | 0.9% | 24% | C |
| 2,764 | Smithfield Township PA | 3,981 | $51K | 7.7% | 1.7% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Edinburgh, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Edinburgh
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edinburgh workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | – | C | A− | 23 min | $60,843 |
| Pleasant View Village | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pleasant View Village: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Edinburgh’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 Edinburgh: questions
What is the median household income in Edinburgh?
$60,843 (±$12,698) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edinburgh?
11.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edinburgh?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edinburgh work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (20%, 31 mi), Franklin (9%, 11 mi), Columbus (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edinburgh walkable?
Edinburgh is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edinburgh without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edinburgh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edinburgh
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.