Cardington vs Edison

A side-by-side comparison of Cardington and Edison: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cardington has the higher population (1,899 vs 353 in Edison). Cardington has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $46,250 in Edison). Cardington has the higher median home value ($132,600 vs $131,300 in Edison).

Population, income & housing

	Cardington	Edison
Population	1,899	353
Median age	38.4 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$46,250
Median home value	$132,600	$131,300
Median gross rent	$918	$767
Housing units	847	169
Homeownership rate	61.9%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cardington	Edison
Population	1,923 → 1,899 (-1.2%)	491 → 353 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$34,394 → $66,250 (+92.6%)	$41,583 → $46,250 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$96,500 → $132,600 (+37.4%)	$86,400 → $131,300 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $918 (+24.1%)	$796 → $767 (-3.6%)

Cardington

Population

1,9231,899

Median household income

$34,394$66,250

Median home value

$96,500$132,600

Median gross rent

$740$918

Edison

Population

491353

Median household income

$41,583$46,250

Median home value

$86,400$131,300

Median gross rent

$796$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cardington	Edison
Under 5	6.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	17.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	16.0%	7.9%
45 to 54	18.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	5.2%	16.7%
75 and over	1.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cardington	Edison
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	96.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cardington	Edison
No high school diploma	9.5%	8.3%
High school graduate	55.9%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cardington	Edison
Drove alone	85.5%	54.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	23.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	17.9%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cardington	Edison
1-unit, detached	68.8%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cardington	Edison
Poverty rate	11.0%	16.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	32	39
Median year structure built	1981	1945