Work & commute · Edgewood

Work & commute in Edgewood, KY

Most working residents leave Edgewood for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (12%), Florence (8%) and Covington (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

300 of 4,198 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,898 Edgewood residents head out of town to work, 300 work right here, and 6,567 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgewood.

3,898live here, work elsewhere

300live and work here

6,567work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgewood goes to work

Cincinnati, OH9.5 mi away

12%524

Florence4.9 mi away

8%320

Edgewood (in town)right here

7%300

Covington2.8 mi away

6%256

Erlanger3 mi away

5%194

Fort Wright2.9 mi away

4%159

Crestview Hills1.2 mi away

3%120

Lexington-Fayette urban county67.1 mi away

2%104

Fort Mitchell2.6 mi away

2%90

Independence3.6 mi away

2%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,061

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.

64%

19%

16%

64%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgewood is a job hub

1.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgewood are

6,867 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

6,867 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Edgewood residents hold

4,198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+11%

Jobs based in Edgewood, 2013 → 2023: 6,202 → 6,867. 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.