Edgewood vs Orwell

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

Edgewood and Orwell 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 1,854 in Orwell). Edgewood has the higher median household income ($57,614 vs $43,670 in Orwell). Orwell has the higher median home value ($127,000 vs $105,200 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Orwell
Population	4,265	1,854
Median age	42.7 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,614	$43,670
Median home value	$105,200	$127,000
Median gross rent	$878	$750
Housing units	1,755	879
Homeownership rate	78.0%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Orwell
Population	4,253 → 4,265 (+0.3%)	1,563 → 1,854 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$43,950 → $57,614 (+31.1%)	$42,667 → $43,670 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $105,200 (+27.1%)	$106,900 → $127,000 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $878 (+27.2%)	$639 → $750 (+17.4%)

Edgewood

Population

4,2534,265

Median household income

$43,950$57,614

Median home value

$82,800$105,200

Median gross rent

$690$878

Orwell

Population

1,5631,854

Median household income

$42,667$43,670

Median home value

$106,900$127,000

Median gross rent

$639$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Orwell
Under 5	4.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	23.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	12.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.0%
45 to 54	16.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	6.3%
75 and over	4.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Orwell
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	91.5%
Black or African American	5.4%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Orwell
No high school diploma	9.9%	12.9%
High school graduate	47.8%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Orwell
Drove alone	84.9%	80.7%
Carpooled	11.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Orwell
1-unit, detached	83.0%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Orwell
Poverty rate	17.9%	27.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1958	1974