Household incomes in Edmeston are lower than in 62% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Edmeston; the top destination outside it is New York City (6%, 158 miles). 25.7% of residents live below the poverty line, against 14.0% across New York. The two grades for Edmeston are D for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Edmeston
Most jobs in Edmeston pay over $40,000 a year
77% of the jobs based in Edmeston pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Edmeston are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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 798 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Edmeston’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Edmeston is better than 10% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Edmeston’s grade up ($67,639, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Edmeston’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, Edmeston could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
996 jobs are based in Edmeston.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edmeston, 2013 → 2023: 1,013 → 996. 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 Edmeston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Edmeston
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edmeston workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 718 commuters (the 13% 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Edmeston
On a workday 640 residents head out to work, 158 work right here, and 838 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Edmeston on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Edmeston: the destinations
Where Edmeston clocks in
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.
Edmeston’s commute, mile by mile
About 28% 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.
For most of Edmeston, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edmeston is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 829 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). 6.8% of Edmeston households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Edmeston’s commuters take a bus or train.
Edmeston is 4,989th of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,987 | Cordova AL | 1,679 | $38K | 29.0% | 4.6% | 4% | D |
| 4,988 | Niagara WI | 1,577 | $61K | 14.6% | 6.0% | 9% | D |
| 4,989 | Edmeston NY | 1,892 | $68K | 25.7% | 2.3% | 20% | D |
| 4,990 | Otto Township PA | 1,474 | $53K | 16.4% | 5.6% | 3% | D |
| 4,991 | Radium Springs NM | 1,908 | $44K | 15.4% | 8.7% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Edmeston, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Around Edmeston: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Columbus (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edmeston workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmeston | – | D | C | 25 min | $67,639 |
| Columbus | 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Brookfield | under 3% | C− | D | 36 min | $69,205 |
| Burlington | under 3% | C− | D | 32 min | $66,196 |
| Pittsfield | under 3% | D | D− | 24 min | $66,917 |
| Plainfield | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Burlington Flats | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Columbus: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Plainfield: not graded. Burlington Flats: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Edmeston’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 Edmeston: questions
What is the median household income in Edmeston?
$67,639 (±$12,237) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edmeston?
25.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edmeston?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edmeston work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (6%, 158 mi), Otsego (6%, 15 mi), Norwich (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edmeston walkable?
Edmeston is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edmeston without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edmeston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edmeston
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.