Photo: boothy443 · CC BY-SA 3.0Edgemere draws 10,401 commuters a day, with 2.5 jobs for every working resident
10,687 jobs are based in Edgemere for 4,321 working residents. Edgemere grades A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Edgemere
Stores, warehouses and trucking
82% of the jobs in Edgemere are in trade, transport and utilities, against 25% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Jobs in Edgemere have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Edgemere went from 2,066 in 2013 to 10,687 in 2023, +417%. The jobs ↓
Edgemere is where the jobs are
Edgemere has 10,687 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 15,000 people are in town, 70% more than the 9,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Edgemere and Baltimore trade workers both ways
Baltimore is the top workplace for Edgemere residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Edgemere come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Edgemere
70% of Edgemere residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Edgemere pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Edgemere’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Edgemere is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #75 of 261 in Maryland. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Edgemere could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
What Edgemere’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgemere, 2013 → 2023: 2,066 → 10,687. 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 Edgemere’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Edgemere by day and by night
On a workday 4,035 residents head out to work and 286 work right here.
About 15,000 people are in Edgemere on a workday afternoon, 70% 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.
Where the people who work in Edgemere live
Where Edgemere clocks in
26% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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 daily trip from Edgemere: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgemere workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,474 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Edgemere
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.
Edgemere is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edgemere is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #245 of 261 in Maryland. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.0% across Maryland.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,039 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 2% 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 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% 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). 4.9% of Edgemere households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Edgemere’s commuters take a bus or train.
Edgemere next to U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,200: 438th of 2,891 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 436 | Applewood CO | 8,350 | $131K | 4.4% | 4.5% | 2% | A |
| 437 | Pebble Creek FL | 10,447 | $110K | 6.0% | 2.4% | 2% | A |
| 438 | Edgemere MD | 9,061 | $103K | 3.9% | 3.6% | 7% | A |
| 439 | Aquia Harbour VA | 7,481 | $153K | 4.8% | 3.2% | <1% | A |
| 440 | Half Moon Bay CA | 11,287 | $158K | 5.6% | 2.4% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,891 | 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 Edgemere, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Next door to Edgemere
The biggest share goes to Dundalk (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Edgemere’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 Edgemere: questions
What is the median household income in Edgemere?
$103,165 (±$14,999) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgemere?
3.9%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgemere?
27 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgemere work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (26%, 10 mi), Dundalk (6%, 4 mi), Towson (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edgemere walkable?
Edgemere is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edgemere 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 Edgemere, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edgemere
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.