Gunpowder Meetinghouse · Photo: Eminonuk · CC BY-SA 3.0Edgewood has higher unemployment (7.9%) than 88% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Edgewood B−; getting around on foot earns it A−. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 26.3 in Baltimore. 10% of workers have no commute at all, against 19% across Maryland.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Edgewood: the gist
Income, poverty and work: Edgewood’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Edgewood is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #231 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Edgewood’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Edgewood could be anywhere from C to B.
15% of working residents work in Baltimore
Where Edgewood clocks in
15% of workers
4% 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.
Edgewood quiets down on a workday
On a workday 9,983 residents head out to work, 771 work right here, and 6,797 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Edgewood on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.70 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Goods, not services: 30% of the jobs in Edgewood
7,568 jobs are based in Edgewood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgewood, 2013 → 2023: 6,904 → 7,568. 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.
Edgewood’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgewood workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,112 commuters (the 10% 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.
The distance from Edgewood to work
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.
Edgewood is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edgewood is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #145 of 261 in Maryland. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% 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 12,281 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 95% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 37% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.2 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). 8.1% of Edgewood households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Edgewood’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,198th of 1,688: where Edgewood ranks among U.S. towns of 17,000 to 34,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | North Laurel MD | 25,563 | $123K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Arnold MD | 24,303 | $142K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Damascus MD | 17,640 | $159K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,196 | Kihei HI | 21,567 | $88K | 7.4% | 6.2% | 16% | B− |
| 1,197 | Northport AL | 31,648 | $81K | 12.3% | 5.7% | 12% | B− |
| 1,198 | Edgewood MD | 24,922 | $81K | 12.0% | 7.9% | 7% | B− |
| 1,199 | Millbrook AL | 17,623 | $70K | 7.8% | 6.6% | 6% | B− |
| 1,200 | Oxford MS | 26,773 | $64K | 25.4% | 2.7% | 53% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,688 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Maryland.
How Edgewood compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edgewood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood | – | B− | A− | 31 min | $80,772 |
| Joppatowne | under 2% | A | B | 34 min | $117,881 |
| Abingdon | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 36 min | $136,833 |
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?
$80,772 (±$6,842) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgewood?
12.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgewood?
31 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgewood work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (15%, 19 mi), Bel Air (4%, 8 mi), Bel Air South (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edgewood walkable?
Edgewood is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edgewood without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 37% 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.