Fewer people are out of work in Edneyville (0.5%) than in 97% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns. Edneyville grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 4% stay in Edneyville for work; outside it, Asheville is the main destination (15%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Edneyville at work: what stands out
Edneyville is a place people come home to
There are 235 jobs based in Edneyville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Edneyville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Edneyville fell from 366 in 2013 to 235 in 2023, −36%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 873 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Edneyville’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Edneyville is better than 35% of U.S. towns, #173 of 290 in North Carolina. Unemployment holds Edneyville’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (22.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Edneyville could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How a workday changes Edneyville
On a workday 842 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 204 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Edneyville on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.27 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.
Edneyville works in goods: 77% of its jobs
235 jobs are based in Edneyville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edneyville, 2013 → 2023: 366 → 235. 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 Edneyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Edneyville ends
Where Edneyville clocks in
14% 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.
How long Edneyville spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edneyville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,195 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Edneyville
About 21% 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.
Getting around Edneyville: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edneyville is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #267 of 290 in North Carolina. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.9% across North Carolina, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,328 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.2% of Edneyville households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Edneyville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700, Edneyville ranks 3,092nd of 4,969 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 162 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 408 | Swepsonville NC | 2,632 | $101K | 4.1% | 2.2% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,090 | Seville Township MI | 2,104 | $76K | 10.1% | 5.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,091 | Palermo NY | 3,437 | $72K | 20.4% | 3.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 3,092 | Edneyville NC | 2,716 | $54K | 22.3% | 0.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 3,093 | Biggs CA | 1,927 | $85K | 7.4% | 11.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 3,094 | Baltimore OH | 3,110 | $60K | 12.5% | 6.6% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Edneyville, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
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 Edneyville: questions
What is the median household income in Edneyville?
$53,818 (±$20,455) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edneyville?
22.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edneyville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edneyville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Asheville (15%, 17 mi), Hendersonville (14%, 10 mi), Charlotte (4%, 86 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edneyville walkable?
Edneyville is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edneyville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edneyville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edneyville
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.