Edgewater vs Minor

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

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

Minor has the higher population (911 vs 694 in Edgewater). Edgewater has the higher median household income ($129,542 vs $32,065 in Minor). Since 2019, Minor's population has grown faster (+8.1% vs -6.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	Minor
Population	694	911
Median age	52.6 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$129,542	$32,065
Median home value	—	$79,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,157
Housing units	420	468
Homeownership rate	85.1%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	Minor
Population	739 → 694 (-6.1%)	843 → 911 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$37,159 → $129,542 (+248.6%)	$56,681 → $32,065 (-43.4%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $47,600 (-43.1%)	$80,600 → $79,900 (-0.9%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,017 (+20.4%)	$1,089 → $1,157 (+6.2%)

Edgewater

Population

739694

Median household income

$37,159$129,542

Median home value

$83,700$47,600

Median gross rent

$845$1,017

Minor

Population

843911

Median household income

$56,681$32,065

Median home value

$80,600$79,900

Median gross rent

$1,089$1,157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewater	Minor
Under 5	0.0%	14.1%
5 to 17	8.2%	21.2%
18 to 24	0.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	60.8%	10.6%
55 to 64	8.8%	7.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.6%
75 and over	1.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	Minor
White (non-Hispanic)	12.2%	53.5%
Black or African American	84.0%	26.7%
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%	3.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	Minor
No high school diploma	1.3%	16.9%
High school graduate	37.5%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	Minor
Drove alone	90.7%	67.5%
Carpooled	4.4%	29.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	Minor
1-unit, detached	97.6%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	Minor
Poverty rate	9.7%	11.5%
Average household size	2.07	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1954	1963