Edgewood is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 6,117 people and three associated neighborhoods, Edgewood is the 36th largest community in New Mexico.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Edgewood is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Edgewood is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Edgewood who work in management occupations (10.92%), teaching (9.54%), and food service (8.98%). Also of interest is that Edgewood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Edgewood telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.21% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Edgewood has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Edgewood a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Edgewood, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.80 minutes every day commuting to work. Edgewood is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Edgewood citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.94% of adults in Edgewood have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Edgewood in 2022 was $34,164, which is upper middle income relative to New Mexico, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,656 for a family of four. However, Edgewood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Edgewood is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Edgewood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Edgewood residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Edgewood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.40% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Edgewood include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Edgewood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
