Edina vs Novelty

A side-by-side comparison of Edina and Novelty: population, income, housing, and more.

Edina and Novelty are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Edina has the higher population (1,420 vs 103 in Novelty). Novelty has the higher median household income ($83,409 vs $42,125 in Edina). Edina has the higher median home value ($79,900 vs $67,500 in Novelty).

Population, income & housing

	Edina	Novelty
Population	1,420	103
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,125	$83,409
Median home value	$79,900	$67,500
Median gross rent	$651	—
Housing units	604	65
Homeownership rate	79.0%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edina	Novelty
Population	1,236 → 1,420 (+14.9%)	150 → 103 (-31.3%)
Median household income	$29,643 → $42,125 (+42.1%)	$43,438 → $83,409 (+92.0%)
Median home value	$67,400 → $79,900 (+18.5%)	$41,400 → $67,500 (+63.0%)
Median gross rent	$548 → $651 (+18.8%)	—

Edina

Population

1,2361,420

Median household income

$29,643$42,125

Median home value

$67,400$79,900

Median gross rent

$548$651

Novelty

Population

150103

Median household income

$43,438$83,409

Median home value

$41,400$67,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edina	Novelty
Under 5	6.0%	23.3%
5 to 17	13.9%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	22.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.7%
75 and over	8.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edina	Novelty
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edina	Novelty
No high school diploma	11.7%	18.6%
High school graduate	38.8%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	10.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edina	Novelty
Drove alone	73.9%	75.0%
Carpooled	2.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	25.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edina	Novelty
1-unit, detached	77.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edina	Novelty
Poverty rate	26.2%	5.8%
Average household size	3.16	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	20	12
Median year structure built	1955	1945