Edwards vs Hermon

A side-by-side comparison of Edwards and Hermon: population, income, housing, and more.

Edwards and Hermon are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hermon has the higher population (603 vs 564 in Edwards). Hermon has the higher median household income ($83,173 vs $75,547 in Edwards). Hermon has the higher median home value ($75,300 vs $71,900 in Edwards).

Population, income & housing

	Edwards	Hermon
Population	564	603
Median age	29.2 yrs	24.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,547	$83,173
Median home value	$71,900	$75,300
Median gross rent	$800	—
Housing units	191	164
Homeownership rate	66.5%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	26.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwards	Hermon
Population	524 → 564 (+7.6%)	338 → 603 (+78.4%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $75,547 (+35.8%)	$40,109 → $83,173 (+107.4%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $71,900 (+8.1%)	$67,200 → $75,300 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $800 (+34.7%)	$611 → $567 (-7.2%)

Edwards

Population

524564

Median household income

$55,625$75,547

Median home value

$66,500$71,900

Median gross rent

$594$800

Hermon

Population

338603

Median household income

$40,109$83,173

Median home value

$67,200$75,300

Median gross rent

$611$567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwards	Hermon
Under 5	8.2%	15.6%
5 to 17	25.4%	25.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	18.6%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	3.7%	6.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	7.0%
65 to 74	5.7%	5.6%
75 and over	7.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwards	Hermon
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	73.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	16.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwards	Hermon
No high school diploma	8.5%	5.8%
High school graduate	36.1%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwards	Hermon
Drove alone	71.9%	91.8%
Carpooled	17.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.2%
Other means	4.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwards	Hermon
1-unit, detached	83.8%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Edwards	Hermon
Poverty rate	20.6%	9.4%
Average household size	2.95	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	25	38
Median year structure built	1938	1938