Households in Edgewood have lower incomes than those in 69% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 3% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Below the poverty line: 15.1% of residents, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. Edgewood grades C+ 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
The commute and the jobs: Edgewood in brief
Edgewood and Ashtabula trade workers both ways
Ashtabula is the top workplace for Edgewood residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Edgewood come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Edgewood workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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.
Why Edgewood gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Edgewood is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #748 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Edgewood’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Edgewood could be anywhere from C− to B.
20% of working residents work in Ashtabula
Where Edgewood clocks in
20% of workers
5% 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.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Edgewood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgewood workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,749 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
How many people are in Edgewood by day
On a workday 1,562 residents head out to work, 165 work right here, and 1,934 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 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.
What work there is in Edgewood: 2,099 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgewood, 2013 → 2023: 2,748 → 2,099. 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.
Half of Edgewood commutes less than 10 miles
About 20% 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.
Most trips from Edgewood start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edgewood is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #573 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,811 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). 3.9% of Edgewood households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Edgewood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Edgewood is 2,588th among 4,023 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,586 | La Grange TX | 4,509 | $54K | 10.9% | 2.4% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,587 | Columbia Township IN | 3,528 | $55K | 9.3% | 4.1% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,588 | Edgewood OH | 4,107 | $63K | 15.1% | 3.3% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,589 | Waukon IA | 3,849 | $60K | 10.0% | 3.0% | 34% | C+ |
| 2,590 | Allegan MI | 5,127 | $53K | 13.9% | 3.7% | 26% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Ohio.
Work next door: 20% of Edgewood’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edgewood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood | – | C+ | C+ | 22 min | $62,917 |
| Ashtabula | 20% | D | B+ | 21 min | $44,120 |
| Plymouth Township | under 3% | B− | D | 28 min | $70,455 |
| Kingsville Township | under 3% | C | D | 22 min | $78,631 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ashtabula. 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?
$62,917 (±$8,219) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgewood?
15.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgewood?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgewood work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashtabula (20%, 3 mi), Saybrook Township (5%, 6 mi), Geneva (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edgewood walkable?
Edgewood is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edgewood without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.