Applewood vs Edgewater

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

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

Applewood has the higher population (8,120 vs 4,955 in Edgewater). Applewood has the higher median household income ($128,988 vs $74,320 in Edgewater). Applewood has the higher median home value ($725,300 vs $603,400 in Edgewater).

Population, income & housing

	Applewood	Edgewater
Population	8,120	4,955
Median age	43.1 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$128,988	$74,320
Median home value	$725,300	$603,400
Median gross rent	$2,142	$1,468
Housing units	3,537	2,466
Homeownership rate	77.2%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.4%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Applewood	Edgewater
Population	8,081 → 8,120 (+0.5%)	5,328 → 4,955 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$106,962 → $128,988 (+20.6%)	$56,028 → $74,320 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$494,600 → $725,300 (+46.6%)	$408,500 → $603,400 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,611 → $2,142 (+33.0%)	$1,192 → $1,468 (+23.2%)

Applewood

Population

8,0818,120

Median household income

$106,962$128,988

Median home value

$494,600$725,300

Median gross rent

$1,611$2,142

Edgewater

Population

5,3284,955

Median household income

$56,028$74,320

Median home value

$408,500$603,400

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Applewood	Edgewater
Under 5	5.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.0%	7.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.0%
25 to 34	15.8%	34.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	20.1%
45 to 54	14.8%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	4.6%
75 and over	7.0%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Applewood	Edgewater
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	53.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	40.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Applewood	Edgewater
No high school diploma	2.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	10.2%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	41.5%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Applewood	Edgewater
Drove alone	66.2%	68.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.7%
Public transit	0.4%	5.3%
Walked	0.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	25.9%	18.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Applewood	Edgewater
1-unit, detached	72.3%	52.1%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	23.2%
20 or more units	7.0%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Applewood	Edgewater
Poverty rate	3.8%	9.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1970	1959