Copeland Covered Bridge · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Edinburg has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income D: better than 12% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability D: more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 58% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 40 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). Only 7% work in Edinburg; the top destination outside it is Northampton (10%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Edinburg
Edinburg is a place people come home to
There are 113 jobs based in Edinburg, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Edinburg has about 940 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Edinburg workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Edinburg workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 515 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Edinburg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Edinburg is better than 12% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Edinburg’s grade up ($70,481, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.9%) is left out: Edinburg’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Edinburg could be anywhere from D to C−.
Edinburg quiets down on a workday
On a workday 480 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Edinburg on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.22 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.
About 40 minutes each way, longer than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edinburg workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 469 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
10% of working residents work in Northampton
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Edinburg clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 113 jobs in Edinburg are
113 jobs are based in Edinburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edinburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edinburg, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 113. 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.
Half of Edinburg commutes less than 22 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 17% 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.
Most trips from Edinburg start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edinburg is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Edinburg 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 486 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 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 4.1% of Edinburg households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Edinburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Edinburg is 4,271st of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Edinburg, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,269 | Sherman Township MI | 1,128 | $76K | 22.1% | 5.4% | 2% | D |
| 4,270 | Tyrone NY | 1,557 | $72K | 21.2% | 9.4% | 2% | D |
| 4,271 | Edinburg NY | 1,339 | $70K | 17.8% | 4.9% | 7% | D |
| 4,272 | Troy Township OH | 1,240 | $53K | 21.6% | 9.8% | 1% | D |
| 4,273 | Linn Valley KS | 1,162 | $51K | 14.3% | 5.6% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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.
10% of Edinburg works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Northampton (10%). Darker towns draw more of Edinburg’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edinburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburg | – | D | D | 40 min | $70,481 |
| Day | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Northampton | 10% | B− | C− | 28 min | $72,065 |
| Corinth | under 3% | C | B− | 25 min | $83,223 |
| Providence | under 3% | B− | D− | 32 min | $92,574 |
Same-state neighbors only. Day: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Edinburg: questions
What is the median household income in Edinburg?
$70,481 (±$9,664) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edinburg?
17.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edinburg?
40 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edinburg work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Northampton (10%, 8 mi), Saratoga Springs (7%, 18 mi), Colonie (7%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edinburg walkable?
Edinburg is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edinburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edinburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edinburg
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.