Edgewater vs McDonald Chapel

A side-by-side comparison of Edgewater and McDonald Chapel: population, income, housing, and more.

Edgewater and McDonald Chapel are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

McDonald Chapel has the higher population (704 vs 694 in Edgewater). Edgewater has the higher median household income ($129,542 vs $59,556 in McDonald Chapel). Since 2019, McDonald Chapel's population has grown faster (+22.9% vs -6.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	McDonald Chapel
Population	694	704
Median age	52.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$129,542	$59,556
Median home value	—	$132,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,081
Housing units	420	342
Homeownership rate	85.1%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	30.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	McDonald Chapel
Population	739 → 694 (-6.1%)	573 → 704 (+22.9%)
Median household income	$37,159 → $129,542 (+248.6%)	$25,833 → $59,556 (+130.5%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $47,600 (-43.1%)	$61,300 → $132,100 (+115.5%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,017 (+20.4%)	$766 → $1,081 (+41.1%)

Edgewater

Population

739694

Median household income

$37,159$129,542

Median home value

$83,700$47,600

Median gross rent

$845$1,017

McDonald Chapel

Population

573704

Median household income

$25,833$59,556

Median home value

$61,300$132,100

Median gross rent

$766$1,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewater	McDonald Chapel
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.2%	18.6%
18 to 24	0.4%	12.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	19.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	60.8%	15.8%
55 to 64	8.8%	9.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	4.8%
75 and over	1.0%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	McDonald Chapel
White (non-Hispanic)	12.2%	32.7%
Black or African American	84.0%	58.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	McDonald Chapel
No high school diploma	1.3%	11.6%
High school graduate	37.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	McDonald Chapel
Drove alone	90.7%	58.5%
Carpooled	4.4%	29.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	McDonald Chapel
1-unit, detached	97.6%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	McDonald Chapel
Poverty rate	9.7%	11.8%
Average household size	2.07	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1954	1957