Alexandria vs Edgewood

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

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

Alexandria has the higher population (5,145 vs 2,101 in Edgewood). Edgewood has the higher median household income ($85,842 vs $60,616 in Alexandria). Edgewood has the higher median home value ($173,800 vs $92,700 in Alexandria).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Edgewood
Population	5,145	2,101
Median age	35.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,616	$85,842
Median home value	$92,700	$173,800
Median gross rent	$813	$1,296
Housing units	2,631	827
Homeownership rate	63.8%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Edgewood
Population	4,988 → 5,145 (+3.1%)	2,107 → 2,101 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$55,330 → $60,616 (+9.6%)	$71,149 → $85,842 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $92,700 (+28.0%)	$107,500 → $173,800 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $813 (+4.2%)	$1,145 → $1,296 (+13.2%)

Alexandria

Population

4,9885,145

Median household income

$55,330$60,616

Median home value

$72,400$92,700

Median gross rent

$780$813

Edgewood

Population

2,1072,101

Median household income

$71,149$85,842

Median home value

$107,500$173,800

Median gross rent

$1,145$1,296

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Edgewood
Under 5	5.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	17.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	20.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.1%
75 and over	5.3%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Edgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	86.7%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Edgewood
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	39.4%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Edgewood
Drove alone	85.0%	74.2%
Carpooled	12.5%	9.1%
Public transit	0.9%	2.1%
Walked	0.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	13.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Edgewood
1-unit, detached	60.9%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Edgewood
Poverty rate	12.3%	4.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1963	1956