Edgewater vs West Jefferson

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

Edgewater and West Jefferson 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 527 in West Jefferson). Edgewater has the higher median household income ($129,542 vs $36,667 in West Jefferson). Since 2019, West Jefferson's population has grown faster (+12.6% vs -6.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	West Jefferson
Population	694	527
Median age	52.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$129,542	$36,667
Median home value	—	$136,400
Median gross rent	—	$694
Housing units	420	282
Homeownership rate	85.1%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	West Jefferson
Population	739 → 694 (-6.1%)	468 → 527 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$37,159 → $129,542 (+248.6%)	$50,313 → $36,667 (-27.1%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $47,600 (-43.1%)	$108,900 → $136,400 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,017 (+20.4%)	$917 → $694 (-24.3%)

Edgewater

Population

739694

Median household income

$37,159$129,542

Median home value

$83,700$47,600

Median gross rent

$845$1,017

West Jefferson

Population

468527

Median household income

$50,313$36,667

Median home value

$108,900$136,400

Median gross rent

$917$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewater	West Jefferson
Under 5	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	8.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	0.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	60.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	8.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.5%
75 and over	1.0%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	West Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	12.2%	96.2%
Black or African American	84.0%	1.9%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	West Jefferson
No high school diploma	1.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	37.5%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	West Jefferson
Drove alone	90.7%	87.6%
Carpooled	4.4%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	West Jefferson
1-unit, detached	97.6%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
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%	14.9%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	West Jefferson
Poverty rate	9.7%	13.1%
Average household size	2.07	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1954	1974