Edgewater vs Mulga

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

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

Edgewater has the higher population (694 vs 589 in Mulga). Edgewater has the higher median household income ($129,542 vs $34,844 in Mulga). Since 2019, Edgewater's population has grown faster (-6.1% vs -31.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	Mulga
Population	694	589
Median age	52.6 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$129,542	$34,844
Median home value	—	$56,800
Median gross rent	—	$913
Housing units	420	374
Homeownership rate	85.1%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	Mulga
Population	739 → 694 (-6.1%)	856 → 589 (-31.2%)
Median household income	$37,159 → $129,542 (+248.6%)	$36,875 → $34,844 (-5.5%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $47,600 (-43.1%)	$59,000 → $56,800 (-3.7%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,017 (+20.4%)	$812 → $913 (+12.4%)

Edgewater

Population

739694

Median household income

$37,159$129,542

Median home value

$83,700$47,600

Median gross rent

$845$1,017

Mulga

Population

856589

Median household income

$36,875$34,844

Median home value

$59,000$56,800

Median gross rent

$812$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewater	Mulga
Under 5	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	8.2%	11.0%
18 to 24	0.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	17.0%
45 to 54	60.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	16.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	17.1%
75 and over	1.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	Mulga
White (non-Hispanic)	12.2%	74.7%
Black or African American	84.0%	20.2%
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%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	Mulga
No high school diploma	1.3%	23.0%
High school graduate	37.5%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	Mulga
Drove alone	90.7%	82.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	Mulga
1-unit, detached	97.6%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	Mulga
Poverty rate	9.7%	23.5%
Average household size	2.07	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1954	1946