Beecher City vs Edgewood

A side-by-side comparison of Beecher City and Edgewood: population, income, housing, and more.

Beecher City and Edgewood are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beecher City has the higher population (419 vs 357 in Edgewood). Beecher City has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $42,188 in Edgewood). Beecher City has the higher median home value ($85,300 vs $72,500 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher City	Edgewood
Population	419	357
Median age	39.1 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$42,188
Median home value	$85,300	$72,500
Median gross rent	$611	$625
Housing units	209	191
Homeownership rate	61.3%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher City	Edgewood
Population	389 → 419 (+7.7%)	492 → 357 (-27.4%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $47,500 (+22.6%)	$44,688 → $42,188 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $85,300 (+30.4%)	$54,300 → $72,500 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $611 (+13.6%)	$667 → $625 (-6.3%)

Beecher City

Population

389419

Median household income

$38,750$47,500

Median home value

$65,400$85,300

Median gross rent

$538$611

Edgewood

Population

492357

Median household income

$44,688$42,188

Median home value

$54,300$72,500

Median gross rent

$667$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher City	Edgewood
Under 5	7.6%	8.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	7.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	14.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	18.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	16.0%
75 and over	5.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher City	Edgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher City	Edgewood
No high school diploma	15.8%	21.2%
High school graduate	39.1%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher City	Edgewood
Drove alone	85.8%	78.5%
Carpooled	11.2%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	6.4%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher City	Edgewood
1-unit, detached	70.3%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Beecher City	Edgewood
Poverty rate	21.2%	12.7%
Average household size	2.16	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1962	1965