Edison vs Mount Gilead

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

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

Mount Gilead has the higher population (2,909 vs 353 in Edison). Mount Gilead has the higher median household income ($49,536 vs $46,250 in Edison). Mount Gilead has the higher median home value ($156,200 vs $131,300 in Edison).

Population, income & housing

	Edison	Mount Gilead
Population	353	2,909
Median age	45.4 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$49,536
Median home value	$131,300	$156,200
Median gross rent	$767	$790
Housing units	169	1,426
Homeownership rate	65.0%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edison	Mount Gilead
Population	491 → 353 (-28.1%)	3,334 → 2,909 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$41,583 → $46,250 (+11.2%)	$35,660 → $49,536 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $131,300 (+52.0%)	$101,300 → $156,200 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $767 (-3.6%)	$591 → $790 (+33.7%)

Edison

Population

491353

Median household income

$41,583$46,250

Median home value

$86,400$131,300

Median gross rent

$796$767

Mount Gilead

Population

3,3342,909

Median household income

$35,660$49,536

Median home value

$101,300$156,200

Median gross rent

$591$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edison	Mount Gilead
Under 5	3.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	10.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.6%
35 to 44	7.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	7.3%
65 to 74	16.7%	10.0%
75 and over	7.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edison	Mount Gilead
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
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	2.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edison	Mount Gilead
No high school diploma	8.3%	17.8%
High school graduate	48.4%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edison	Mount Gilead
Drove alone	54.5%	76.3%
Carpooled	23.1%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	3.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	3.9%
Other means	1.5%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edison	Mount Gilead
1-unit, detached	94.1%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	31.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Edison	Mount Gilead
Poverty rate	16.9%	16.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	39	30
Median year structure built	1945	1961