Edgewood vs Erlanger

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

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

Erlanger has the higher population (19,677 vs 8,429 in Edgewood). Edgewood has the higher median household income ($121,045 vs $78,420 in Erlanger). Edgewood has the higher median home value ($289,700 vs $189,400 in Erlanger).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Erlanger
Population	8,429	19,677
Median age	41.3 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$121,045	$78,420
Median home value	$289,700	$189,400
Median gross rent	$991	$981
Housing units	3,412	8,225
Homeownership rate	92.3%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.9%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Erlanger
Population	8,745 → 8,429 (-3.6%)	18,967 → 19,677 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$104,912 → $121,045 (+15.4%)	$64,460 → $78,420 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$225,600 → $289,700 (+28.4%)	$136,100 → $189,400 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,166 → $991 (-15.0%)	$892 → $981 (+10.0%)

Edgewood

Population

8,7458,429

Median household income

$104,912$121,045

Median home value

$225,600$289,700

Median gross rent

$1,166$991

Erlanger

Population

18,96719,677

Median household income

$64,460$78,420

Median home value

$136,100$189,400

Median gross rent

$892$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Erlanger
Under 5	7.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.5%
75 and over	10.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Erlanger
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Erlanger
No high school diploma	2.2%	7.7%
High school graduate	18.4%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Erlanger
Drove alone	75.7%	73.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.8%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	14.6%
Other means	1.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Erlanger
1-unit, detached	93.1%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	15.6%
20 or more units	3.6%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Erlanger
Poverty rate	3.0%	11.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1976	1976