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Jobs & commute in Edie

Edie has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

The average commute takes 40 minutes each way, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S. Edie has 1 jobs, against 30 working residents. Hardly any work in Edie; the top destination outside it is Somerset (17%, 6 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Edie by day and by night

On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

30live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night160
Workday130
160live here− 30head out to work+ 1come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Edie on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Edie to work: where people go

Cumberland: 1 residents work here (3%)Lackawanna: 1 residents work here (3%)East Conemaugh: 1 residents work here (3%)Ligonier: 1 residents work here (3%)Somerset: 5 residents work here (17%)New Kensington: 1 residents work here (3%)McKeesport: 1 residents work here (3%)Johnstown: 2 residents work here (7%)Pittsburgh: 1 residents work here (3%)Somerset Township: 4 residents work here (13%)Springfield TownshipEdieSomersetSomerset TownshipJohnstownCumberlandLackawannaEast ConemaughEdie
1
Somerset6.2 mi away
17%5
213%4
3
Johnstown19.9 mi away
7%2
4
Cumberland, MD35.9 mi away
3%1
5
Lackawanna, NY189.4 mi away
3%1
6
East Conemaugh22.1 mi away
3%1
7
Ligonier12.4 mi away
3%1
8
New Kensington47 mi away
3%1
9
McKeesport41.8 mi away
3%1
10
Pittsburgh50.9 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%12
The top trips

Where Edie clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

In Edie, services account for most jobs

Jobs based in EdieJobs Edie residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%17%
Trade, transport & utilities0%33%
Services: health, schools, offices100%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%37%
Over $3,333 a month100%40%

Who does it

29 or younger0%13%
30 to 540%47%
55 and older100%40%

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 Edie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 40 minutes to work from Edie

A year of commuting
309 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Edie40 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
18%

of Edie workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Edie gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 78 commuters (the 18% 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

How many miles Edie commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSomerset: 17% · 6.2 miSomerset Township: 13% · 5.7 miJohnstown: 7% · 19.9 miCumberland: 3% · 35.9 miLackawanna: 3% · 189.4 miEast Conemaugh: 3% · 22.1 miLigonier: 3% · 12.4 miNew Kensington: 3% · 47 miMcKeesport: 3% · 41.8 miPittsburgh: 3% · 50.9 miSomerset 17%Somerset Township 13%Johnstown 7%Cumberland 3%Lackawanna 3%Edie
EdieTop destinations (size = commuters)
37%Under 10 mi11 residents
17%10–24 mi5 residents
30%25–50 mi9 residents
17%Over 50 mi5 residents

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.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Edie: questions

What is the median household income in Edie?

$127,188 (±$68,439) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Edie?

0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Edie?

40 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Edie work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Somerset (17%, 6 mi), Somerset Township (13%, 6 mi), Johnstown (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Edie without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Edie, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Edie

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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.