Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Edom works elsewhere
Edom has 45 jobs for 114 working residents. Hardly any work in Edom itself; outside it, Tyler draws the most (18%, 18 miles). 4% of workers have no commute at all, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Edom on a workday
On a workday 114 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Edom on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
The places Edom commutes to
Where Edom clocks in
18% of workers
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.
Factories, building and farms: 31% of the jobs in Edom
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edom, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 45. 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 Edom’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Edom: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edom workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 107 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Miles to work from Edom
About 33% 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.
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 Edom: questions
What is the median household income in Edom?
$96,417 (±$19,897) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edom?
5.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edom?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edom work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tyler (18%, 18 mi), Athens (6%, 18 mi), Dallas (6%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Edom without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edom, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edom
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.