Edson has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
At home: 24% of workers have no commute at all (Wisconsin 13%). There are 49 jobs in Edson, and 386 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Edson is better than 25% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Edson
Edson is a place people come home to
There are 49 jobs based in Edson, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Edson has about 780 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Edson’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Edson is Eau Claire, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (74) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Edson workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 386 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Edson’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Edson’s grade up ($81,447, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Edson’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Edson could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The daily commute in and out of Edson
On a workday 382 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Edson on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 many miles Edson commutes
About 20% 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.
The daily trip from Edson: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edson workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 343 commuters (the 24% 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.
19% of working residents work in Eau Claire
Where Edson clocks in
15% 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.
Goods, not services: 31% of the jobs in Edson
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edson, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 49. 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 Edson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Edson gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 450 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.5% of Edson households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Edson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Edson is 2,333rd among 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,331 | Ross Township IL | 1,418 | $64K | 10.6% | 2.6% | 2% | C− |
| 2,332 | Victory Township MI | 1,415 | $66K | 9.4% | 8.2% | 4% | C− |
| 2,333 | Edson WI | 1,121 | $81K | 19.9% | 2.1% | 1% | C− |
| 2,334 | Hoxie KS | 1,188 | $67K | 8.6% | 0.6% | 38% | C− |
| 2,335 | Clear Lake WI | 1,100 | $74K | 17.3% | 5.3% | 11% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Edson, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Around Edson: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edson | – | C− | C+ | 30 min | $81,447 |
| Worden | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Sigel | under 3% | C | C− | 29 min | $82,292 |
| Wilson | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Delmar | under 3% | C | B− | 24 min | $73,929 |
Same-state neighbors only. Worden: fewer than 1,000 residents, 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 Edson’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 Edson: questions
What is the median household income in Edson?
$81,447 (±$6,376) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edson?
19.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edson?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edson work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eau Claire (19%, 24 mi), Chippewa Falls (15%, 18 mi), Cadott (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edson walkable?
Edson is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edson
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.