Edgewood vs Jefferson

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

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

Edgewood has the higher population (4,265 vs 3,347 in Jefferson). Edgewood has the higher median household income ($57,614 vs $47,469 in Jefferson). Jefferson has the higher median home value ($189,500 vs $105,200 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Jefferson
Population	4,265	3,347
Median age	42.7 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,614	$47,469
Median home value	$105,200	$189,500
Median gross rent	$878	$958
Housing units	1,755	1,771
Homeownership rate	78.0%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Jefferson
Population	4,253 → 4,265 (+0.3%)	3,553 → 3,347 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$43,950 → $57,614 (+31.1%)	$56,800 → $47,469 (-16.4%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $105,200 (+27.1%)	$134,300 → $189,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $878 (+27.2%)	$714 → $958 (+34.2%)

Edgewood

Population

4,2534,265

Median household income

$43,950$57,614

Median home value

$82,800$105,200

Median gross rent

$690$878

Jefferson

Population

3,5533,347

Median household income

$56,800$47,469

Median home value

$134,300$189,500

Median gross rent

$714$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Jefferson
Under 5	4.4%	0.6%
5 to 17	23.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	6.2%
45 to 54	16.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	15.4%
75 and over	4.2%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	89.2%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Jefferson
No high school diploma	9.9%	14.2%
High school graduate	47.8%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Jefferson
Drove alone	84.9%	88.2%
Carpooled	11.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Jefferson
1-unit, detached	83.0%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Jefferson
Poverty rate	17.9%	12.5%
Average household size	2.54	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1958	1970