Photo: SounderBruce · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Edgewood works elsewhere
For jobs and income Edgewood is better than 97% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (B). There are 1,370 jobs in Edgewood, and 5,791 of its residents work somewhere. Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Edgewood apart on work
Edgewood is a place people come home to
There are 1,370 jobs based in Edgewood, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Edgewood has about 9,100 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Edgewood’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Edgewood is Seattle, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (681) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Edgewood makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Edgewood are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Edgewood residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
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.
How Edgewood earns its Jobs & income grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Edgewood’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Edgewood could be anywhere from A to A+.
A workday in Edgewood: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 5,709 residents head out to work, 82 work right here, and 1,288 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,100 people are in Edgewood on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
How far Edgewood’s workers travel
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.
In Edgewood, 40% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgewood, 2013 → 2023: 1,023 → 1,370. 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.
12% of working residents work in Seattle
Where Edgewood clocks in
12% 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.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Edgewood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgewood workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,309 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% 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.
Most trips from Edgewood start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,757 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 22% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, <1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 73% 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). 2.5% of Edgewood households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Edgewood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,526 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000, Edgewood comes 140th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Maltby WA | 10,910 | $185K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Bothell East WA | 14,578 | $199K | 3.6% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Snoqualmie WA | 13,640 | $214K | 0.8% | 2.6% | 8% | A+ |
| 139 | East Grand Rapids MI | 11,663 | $167K | 3.6% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
| 140 | Edgewood WA | 13,548 | $116K | 4.6% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 141 | Collier Township PA | 9,103 | $102K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 7% | A+ |
| 142 | Crestwood MO | 12,207 | $107K | 5.5% | 1.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 186 | Lake Tapps WA | 12,798 | $148K | 4.6% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Washington.
The towns next door employ 10% of Edgewood
The biggest share goes to Puyallup (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edgewood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood | – | A+ | B | 28 min | $116,132 |
| Milton | under 4% | B+ | A | 30 min | $96,540 |
| Sumner | 3% | A− | A | 30 min | $98,191 |
| Fife | under 4% | B | A− | 27 min | $90,532 |
| North Puyallup | under 4% | A | A− | 31 min | $83,489 |
| Puyallup | 7% | B+ | A− | 31 min | $97,826 |
| Pacific | under 4% | B+ | B+ | 32 min | $115,625 |
| Lakeland South | under 4% | B+ | B+ | 30 min | $110,735 |
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?
$116,132 (±$12,561) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgewood?
4.6%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgewood?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgewood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (12%, 27 mi), Tacoma (11%, 8 mi), Puyallup (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edgewood walkable?
Edgewood is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edgewood without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. <1% 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.