Edgewood vs Mason

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

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

Mason has the higher population (365 vs 357 in Edgewood). Mason has the higher median household income ($63,472 vs $42,188 in Edgewood). Mason has the higher median home value ($89,300 vs $72,500 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Mason
Population	357	365
Median age	45.4 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,188	$63,472
Median home value	$72,500	$89,300
Median gross rent	$625	$588
Housing units	191	151
Homeownership rate	71.3%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Mason
Population	492 → 357 (-27.4%)	258 → 365 (+41.5%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $42,188 (-5.6%)	$40,417 → $63,472 (+57.0%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $72,500 (+33.5%)	$66,300 → $89,300 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $625 (-6.3%)	$325 → $588 (+80.9%)

Edgewood

Population

492357

Median household income

$44,688$42,188

Median home value

$54,300$72,500

Median gross rent

$667$625

Mason

Population

258365

Median household income

$40,417$63,472

Median home value

$66,300$89,300

Median gross rent

$325$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Mason
Under 5	8.7%	8.5%
5 to 17	7.0%	18.6%
18 to 24	14.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	18.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	16.0%	7.1%
75 and over	7.3%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Mason
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Mason
No high school diploma	21.2%	15.4%
High school graduate	46.4%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Mason
Drove alone	78.5%	82.4%
Carpooled	7.6%	10.9%
Public transit	6.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Mason
1-unit, detached	71.2%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Mason
Poverty rate	12.7%	24.1%
Average household size	1.97	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1965	1973