Edgewood vs Montrose

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

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

Edgewood has the higher population (357 vs 276 in Montrose). Montrose has the higher median household income ($54,821 vs $42,188 in Edgewood). Montrose has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $72,500 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Montrose
Population	357	276
Median age	45.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,188	$54,821
Median home value	$72,500	$125,000
Median gross rent	$625	$393
Housing units	191	125
Homeownership rate	71.3%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Montrose
Population	492 → 357 (-27.4%)	189 → 276 (+46.0%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $42,188 (-5.6%)	$38,542 → $54,821 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $72,500 (+33.5%)	$62,000 → $125,000 (+101.6%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $625 (-6.3%)	$706 → $393 (-44.3%)

Edgewood

Population

492357

Median household income

$44,688$42,188

Median home value

$54,300$72,500

Median gross rent

$667$625

Montrose

Population

189276

Median household income

$38,542$54,821

Median home value

$62,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$706$393

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Montrose
Under 5	8.7%	13.4%
5 to 17	7.0%	6.2%
18 to 24	14.3%	14.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	6.2%
55 to 64	18.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	16.0%	11.6%
75 and over	7.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Montrose
No high school diploma	21.2%	9.3%
High school graduate	46.4%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Montrose
Drove alone	78.5%	85.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	0.7%
Public transit	6.4%	1.4%
Walked	1.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	10.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Montrose
1-unit, detached	71.2%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Montrose
Poverty rate	12.7%	15.6%
Average household size	1.97	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1965	1959