Edgewater has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Edgewater has 35 jobs; 197 of its residents have a job. Only 3% stay in Edgewater for work; outside it, Hayward is the main destination (17%, 22 miles). The average commute takes 35 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Edgewater for work, and who comes in
On a workday 192 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Edgewater on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where people from Edgewater work
Where Edgewater clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Edgewater
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgewater, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 35. 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 Edgewater’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Edgewater spends getting to work: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgewater workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 155 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
How far Edgewater goes to work
About 36% 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.
Around Edgewater: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Sand Lake (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edgewater workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewater | – | — | — | 35 min | $91,477 |
| Birchwood | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Sand Lake | 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Birchwood | 4% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Wilson | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Meteor | under 3% | — | — | 47 min | — |
| Couderay | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Birchwood, Birchwood, Meteor and Couderay: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Sand Lake: not graded. Wilson: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Edgewater’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 Edgewater: questions
What is the median household income in Edgewater?
$91,477 (±$8,449) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgewater?
12.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgewater?
35 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgewater work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hayward (17%, 22 mi), Hayward (8%, 21 mi), Bass Lake (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Edgewater 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 Edgewater, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edgewater
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.