Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFor more than half of its working residents, Edgewood is a commute to Pittsburgh
Jobs and income earn Edgewood A; getting around on foot earns it A+. For 33% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Measured by household income, Edgewood is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Edgewood stands out on work
More than half of Edgewood works in Pittsburgh
979 working residents, 55%, have their main job in Pittsburgh, 4.8 miles away. That’s 18 times as many as work in Edgewood itself. The commute map ↓
A lot of Edgewood works from home
33% of Edgewood workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Most Edgewood residents work close to home
75% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Edgewood has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Edgewood went from 488 in 2013 to 810 in 2023, +66%. The jobs ↓
Edgewood empties out on a workday
About 2,000 people are in Edgewood on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than the 3,000 who live here: 1,700 head out to work and 760 come in. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Edgewood’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Edgewood is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #220 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Edgewood’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Edgewood could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Where the trip to work from Edgewood ends
Where Edgewood clocks in
55% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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 26 minutes in Edgewood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 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 1,354 commuters (the 33% 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 goes to work
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.
Services make up most of the work in Edgewood
810 jobs are based in Edgewood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgewood, 2013 → 2023: 488 → 810. 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.
How many people are in Edgewood by day
On a workday 1,740 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 764 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Edgewood on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.45 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.
Edgewood is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edgewood is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #27 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Edgewood 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 2,016 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 30% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 27.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most 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). 5.5% of Edgewood households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 13% of Edgewood’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Edgewood ranks: 550th of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 19 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 548 | Sharon WI | 2,124 | $96K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 2% | A |
| 549 | Mayer MN | 2,563 | $125K | 4.8% | 3.2% | 1% | A |
| 550 | Edgewood PA | 2,997 | $103K | 5.3% | 4.4% | 3% | A |
| 551 | Prairie Ronde Township MI | 2,402 | $126K | 3.7% | 3.4% | 1% | A |
| 552 | Tuxedo NY | 3,735 | $130K | 7.7% | 2.6% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | 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 Edgewood, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Edgewood and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Swissvale (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edgewood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood | – | A | A+ | 26 min | $103,203 |
| Swissvale | 1% | C | A+ | 25 min | $60,341 |
| Wilkinsburg | under 2% | C− | A+ | 30 min | $46,416 |
| Braddock Hills | under 2% | C+ | A | 21 min | $39,981 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$103,203 (±$9,488) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgewood?
5.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgewood?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgewood work?
3% work in town.
Is Edgewood walkable?
Edgewood is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.2 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edgewood without a car?
13% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 30% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.