Edison vs Leary

A side-by-side comparison of Edison and Leary: population, income, housing, and more.

Edison and Leary are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Edison has the higher population (1,330 vs 321 in Leary). Leary has the higher median household income ($33,750 vs $27,440 in Edison). Edison has the higher median home value ($66,500 vs $48,900 in Leary).

Population, income & housing

	Edison	Leary
Population	1,330	321
Median age	42.0 yrs	64.7 yrs
Median household income	$27,440	$33,750
Median home value	$66,500	$48,900
Median gross rent	$437	—
Housing units	502	268
Homeownership rate	46.4%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edison	Leary
Population	1,327 → 1,330 (+0.2%)	594 → 321 (-46.0%)
Median household income	$22,800 → $27,440 (+20.4%)	$35,250 → $33,750 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$45,300 → $66,500 (+46.8%)	$48,900 → $48,900 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$432 → $437 (+1.2%)	$614 → $755 (+23.0%)

Edison

Population

1,3271,330

Median household income

$22,800$27,440

Median home value

$45,300$66,500

Median gross rent

$432$437

Leary

Population

594321

Median household income

$35,250$33,750

Median home value

$48,900$48,900

Median gross rent

$614$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edison	Leary
Under 5	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	9.0%
18 to 24	12.5%	2.2%
25 to 34	5.1%	5.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	6.8%	16.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	20.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	33.0%
75 and over	13.8%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edison	Leary
White (non-Hispanic)	24.9%	9.7%
Black or African American	71.4%	89.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edison	Leary
No high school diploma	24.7%	26.0%
High school graduate	33.7%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edison	Leary
Drove alone	93.6%	81.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	6.4%
Walked	1.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edison	Leary
1-unit, detached	59.0%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Edison	Leary
Poverty rate	36.7%	15.3%
Average household size	2.93	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1960	1976