Work & commute · Edgewood

Work & commute in Edgewood, IA

Most working residents leave Edgewood for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (25%), Cedar Rapids (11%) and Strawberry Point (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 425 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 400 Edgewood residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 507 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgewood.

400live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

507work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgewood goes to work

Manchester11.3 mi away

25%105

Cedar Rapids49.1 mi away

11%47

Edgewood (in town)right here

6%25

Strawberry Point7.2 mi away

4%17

Elkader14.7 mi away

3%12

Dubuque36.8 mi away

2%10

Marion42.5 mi away

2%7

West Des Moines143.5 mi away

2%7

Dyersville18.3 mi away

1%6

Delhi15.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%185

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

How far

How far Edgewood commutes

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

13%

43%

22%

13%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgewood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgewood are

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

Jobs based in Edgewood

532 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Edgewood residents hold

425 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+35%

Jobs based in Edgewood, 2013 → 2023: 393 → 532. 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.