Edinburgh is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 4,400 people and three associated neighborhoods, Edinburgh is the 141st largest community in Indiana.Edinburgh is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Edinburgh is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Edinburgh who work in office and administrative support (22.07%), sales jobs (9.61%), and food service (7.24%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.78% 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!) Edinburgh 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. Edinburgh has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Edinburgh than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Edinburgh may be for you. Being a small town, Edinburgh does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Edinburgh have a very low rate of college education: just 9.19% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Edinburgh in 2022 was $25,378, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $101,512 for a family of four. However, Edinburgh contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Edinburgh home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Edinburgh residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Edinburgh include German, Irish, English, Welsh, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Edinburgh is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
