Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Edgewood has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% work in Edgewood itself; outside it, Coal Township draws the most (13%, 3 miles). Employers in Edgewood report 130 jobs; 909 of its residents have a job. 8% of workers have no commute at all, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Edgewood: the gist
A workday in Edgewood: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 893 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Edgewood on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Edgewood to work: where people go
Where Edgewood clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
What Edgewood’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgewood, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 130. 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.
From Edgewood, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgewood workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 921 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Edgewood’s workers travel
About 16% 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.
How Edgewood compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edgewood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood | – | — | — | 24 min | $45,759 |
| Fairview-Ferndale | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairview-Ferndale: 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 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?
$45,759 (±$11,190) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgewood?
22.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgewood?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgewood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coal Township (13%, 3 mi), Mahoning Township (9%, 12 mi), Shamokin (7%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Edgewood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% 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.