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, Edgewood isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Edgewood are a mix 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.21% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Edgewood has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Edgewood has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Edgewood than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Edgewood may be for you. One downside of living in Edgewood is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Edgewood, the average commute to work is 33.80 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. 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.In terms of college education, Edgewood is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.94% of adults in Edgewood have a college 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.
