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Edgewood, NM
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Living in Edgewood



Edgewood is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 6,130 people and three associated neighborhoods, Edgewood is the 36th largest community in New Mexico.

Edgewood real estate is some of the most expensive in New Mexico, although Edgewood house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.41% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 34.57 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Edgewood doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The population of Edgewood is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.94% of adults in Edgewood have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Edgewood in 2022 was $37,867, which is upper middle income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $151,468 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 35.45% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Edgewood include Irish, German, English, Polish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Edgewood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.


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