Edgewood vs Watson

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

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

Watson has the higher population (616 vs 357 in Edgewood). Watson has the higher median household income ($68,625 vs $42,188 in Edgewood). Watson has the higher median home value ($93,900 vs $72,500 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Watson
Population	357	616
Median age	45.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,188	$68,625
Median home value	$72,500	$93,900
Median gross rent	$625	$750
Housing units	191	244
Homeownership rate	71.3%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Watson
Population	492 → 357 (-27.4%)	824 → 616 (-25.2%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $42,188 (-5.6%)	$53,750 → $68,625 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $72,500 (+33.5%)	$75,400 → $93,900 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $625 (-6.3%)	$556 → $750 (+34.9%)

Edgewood

Population

492357

Median household income

$44,688$42,188

Median home value

$54,300$72,500

Median gross rent

$667$625

Watson

Population

824616

Median household income

$53,750$68,625

Median home value

$75,400$93,900

Median gross rent

$556$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Watson
Under 5	8.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	7.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	14.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	19.6%
55 to 64	18.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	8.3%
75 and over	7.3%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Watson
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Watson
No high school diploma	21.2%	10.5%
High school graduate	46.4%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Watson
Drove alone	78.5%	81.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	11.7%
Public transit	6.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	6.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Watson
1-unit, detached	71.2%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Watson
Poverty rate	12.7%	20.6%
Average household size	1.97	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1965	1982