Work & commute · Edgewater

Work & commute in Edgewater, FL

Most working residents leave Edgewater for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are New Smyrna Beach (17%), Daytona Beach (10%) and DeLand (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,363 of 9,613 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,250 Edgewater residents head out of town to work, 1,363 work right here, and 4,175 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgewater.

8,250live here, work elsewhere

1,363live and work here

4,175work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgewater goes to work

New Smyrna Beach5.1 mi away

17%1,606

Edgewater (in town)right here

14%1,363

Daytona Beach18.7 mi away

10%964

DeLand21.4 mi away

7%644

Port Orange11.7 mi away

5%491

Orlando40.7 mi away

3%278

Jacksonville104.7 mi away

3%248

Ormond Beach25.5 mi away

2%217

South Daytona15 mi away

1%125

Tampa115.5 mi away

1%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%3,564

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Edgewater commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

33%

26%

18%

23%

33%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgewater is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgewater are

5,538 jobs are based in Edgewater. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edgewater’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edgewater

5,538 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Edgewater residents hold

9,613 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+81%

Jobs based in Edgewater, 2013 → 2023: 3,064 → 5,538. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.