Households in Edgewood have higher incomes than those in 88% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Edgewood are A+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Poverty touches 3.8% of residents, where Kentucky as a whole has 16.1%. 19% of workers have no commute at all (Kentucky 10%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Edgewood: the figures worth knowing
Edgewood is where the jobs are
Edgewood has 6,867 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Edgewood is services
93% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 3% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Edgewood draws workers from far and wide
The 6,867 jobs in Edgewood are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 33%; the other 63% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Most Edgewood residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
A lot of Edgewood works from home
19% of Edgewood workers work from home, against 10% across Kentucky. 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.
Where Edgewood’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Edgewood is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #7 of 142 in Kentucky. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Edgewood’s grade. 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 A− to A+.
A workday in Edgewood: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,898 residents head out to work, 300 work right here, and 6,567 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Edgewood on a workday afternoon, 31% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Edgewood is a services town
6,867 jobs are based in Edgewood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgewood, 2013 → 2023: 6,202 → 6,867. 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.
Where Edgewood’s workers come from
Where Edgewood clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Edgewood
About 16% 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.
Time on the road from Edgewood: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgewood workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,474 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 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.
In Edgewood, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edgewood is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns, #55 of 142 in Kentucky. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Kentucky.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,305 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 74% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% 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). 3.0% of Edgewood households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Edgewood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Edgewood next to U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,500: 188th of 2,922 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 45 | Francisville KY | 10,565 | $159K | 1.7% | 1.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Union KY | 7,937 | $137K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 181 | Oakbrook KY | 10,211 | $95K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 186 | Scituate RI | 10,767 | $112K | 5.0% | 1.0% | 6% | A+ |
| 187 | Bondurant IA | 9,647 | $136K | 6.2% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| 188 | Edgewood KY | 8,503 | $119K | 3.8% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| 189 | Addis LA | 7,679 | $108K | 3.2% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 190 | Bronxville NY | 6,504 | $216K | 4.6% | 3.8% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,922 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Kentucky.
Edgewood and its neighbors: 12% work next door
The biggest share goes to Erlanger (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edgewood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood | – | A+ | B+ | 20 min | $119,028 |
| Crestview Hills | 3% | B | A | 17 min | $95,441 |
| Erlanger | 5% | B | B | 21 min | $75,840 |
| Fort Wright | 4% | A | B− | 20 min | $105,024 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$119,028 (±$15,561) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgewood?
3.8%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgewood?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgewood work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (12%, 10 mi), Florence (8%, 5 mi), Covington (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edgewood walkable?
Edgewood is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edgewood without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 6% 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.