Edgewood vs Monona

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

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

Monona has the higher population (1,618 vs 787 in Edgewood). Monona has the higher median household income ($70,509 vs $56,875 in Edgewood). Edgewood has the higher median home value ($167,000 vs $125,900 in Monona).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Monona
Population	787	1,618
Median age	54.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,875	$70,509
Median home value	$167,000	$125,900
Median gross rent	$975	$1,000
Housing units	418	792
Homeownership rate	67.9%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Monona
Population	622 → 787 (+26.5%)	1,635 → 1,618 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$53,333 → $56,875 (+6.6%)	$42,372 → $70,509 (+66.4%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $167,000 (+53.2%)	$98,600 → $125,900 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $975 (+95.0%)	$830 → $1,000 (+20.5%)

Edgewood

Population

622787

Median household income

$53,333$56,875

Median home value

$109,000$167,000

Median gross rent

$500$975

Monona

Population

1,6351,618

Median household income

$42,372$70,509

Median home value

$98,600$125,900

Median gross rent

$830$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Monona
Under 5	4.3%	8.1%
5 to 17	7.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	14.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	7.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	5.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	7.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	16.8%	11.2%
75 and over	20.2%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Monona
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Monona
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	56.8%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Monona
Drove alone	76.2%	81.6%
Carpooled	1.8%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.0%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.8%	7.3%
Other means	2.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Monona
1-unit, detached	67.9%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Monona
Poverty rate	7.4%	8.5%
Average household size	1.92	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	16	26
Median year structure built	1980	1938