Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Edgerton has 2.5 jobs for every working resident: 2,312 people commute in to work
Jobs and income earn Edgerton A−; getting around on foot earns it D. Edgerton has 2,332 jobs; 930 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Edgerton for work; outside it, Olathe is the main destination (25%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Edgerton and work: the main findings
Stores, warehouses and trucking
83% of the jobs in Edgerton are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Edgerton is where the jobs are
Edgerton has 2,332 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,100 people are in town, 80% more than the 1,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Edgerton and Olathe trade workers both ways
Olathe is the top workplace for Edgerton residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Edgerton come from (14% 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 930 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Edgerton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Edgerton is better than 84% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.3%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($84,838, 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, Edgerton could be anywhere from B to A+.
The kinds of work in Edgerton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgerton, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 2,332. 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 Edgerton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Edgerton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 910 residents head out to work and 20 work right here.
About 3,100 people are in Edgerton on a workday afternoon, 80% more 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.
The towns that send workers to Edgerton
Where Edgerton clocks in
10% 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.
About 24 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgerton workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 976 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.
How far Edgerton’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.
Most trips from Edgerton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edgerton is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Edgerton 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 1,080 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% 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). 0.2% of Edgerton households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Edgerton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Edgerton is 561st among 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 48 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 559 | Spencer Brook Township MN | 1,734 | $104K | 5.6% | 1.5% | 1% | A− |
| 560 | Woodlands CA | 2,061 | $137K | 5.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 561 | Edgerton KS | 1,744 | $85K | 4.3% | 2.8% | 2% | A− |
| 562 | Aleppo Township PA | 1,758 | $79K | 5.4% | 11.0% | 2% | A− |
| 563 | Wayne Township PA | 1,299 | $122K | 2.4% | 2.3% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Edgerton, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Work next door: 10% of Edgerton’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edgerton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgerton | – | A− | D | 24 min | $84,838 |
| McCamish Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Gardner Township | under 2% | A+ | C− | 28 min | $116,136 |
| Gardner | 10% | A− | B− | 23 min | $96,818 |
Same-state neighbors only. McCamish Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gardner. Darker towns draw more of Edgerton’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 Edgerton: questions
What is the median household income in Edgerton?
$84,838 (±$11,230) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgerton?
4.3%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgerton?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgerton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Olathe (25%, 11 mi), Overland Park (14%, 17 mi), Gardner (10%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edgerton walkable?
Edgerton is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edgerton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edgerton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edgerton
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.