Edgewater vs Genesee

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

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

Edgewater has the higher population (4,955 vs 3,826 in Genesee). Genesee has the higher median household income ($172,692 vs $74,320 in Edgewater). Genesee has the higher median home value ($994,700 vs $603,400 in Edgewater).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	Genesee
Population	4,955	3,826
Median age	33.8 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,320	$172,692
Median home value	$603,400	$994,700
Median gross rent	$1,468	$2,797
Housing units	2,466	1,589
Homeownership rate	39.2%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	73.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	Genesee
Population	5,328 → 4,955 (-7.0%)	3,910 → 3,826 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$56,028 → $74,320 (+32.6%)	$169,063 → $172,692 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$408,500 → $603,400 (+47.7%)	$734,300 → $994,700 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,468 (+23.2%)	$2,778 → $2,797 (+0.7%)

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

Genesee

Population

3,9103,826

Median household income

$169,063$172,692

Median home value

$734,300$994,700

Median gross rent

$2,778$2,797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewater	Genesee
Under 5	5.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	7.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	1.0%
25 to 34	34.6%	3.2%
35 to 44	20.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	4.6%	21.5%
75 and over	1.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	Genesee
White (non-Hispanic)	53.4%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	40.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	Genesee
No high school diploma	8.4%	2.0%
High school graduate	22.8%	4.5%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	38.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	Genesee
Drove alone	68.7%	60.5%
Carpooled	3.7%	2.5%
Public transit	5.3%	1.4%
Walked	2.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	32.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	Genesee
1-unit, detached	52.1%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	23.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	14.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	Genesee
Poverty rate	9.4%	2.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1959	1987