Edgewood vs Homestead

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

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

Edgewood has the higher population (3,089 vs 2,885 in Homestead). Edgewood has the higher median household income ($102,361 vs $38,661 in Homestead). Edgewood has the higher median home value ($319,200 vs $81,400 in Homestead).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Homestead
Population	3,089	2,885
Median age	37.5 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$102,361	$38,661
Median home value	$319,200	$81,400
Median gross rent	$1,140	$874
Housing units	1,622	1,818
Homeownership rate	65.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.3%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Homestead
Population	3,040 → 3,089 (+1.6%)	3,170 → 2,885 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$80,547 → $102,361 (+27.1%)	$26,220 → $38,661 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$216,500 → $319,200 (+47.4%)	$50,200 → $81,400 (+62.2%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,140 (+28.1%)	$722 → $874 (+21.1%)

Edgewood

Population

3,0403,089

Median household income

$80,547$102,361

Median home value

$216,500$319,200

Median gross rent

$890$1,140

Homestead

Population

3,1702,885

Median household income

$26,220$38,661

Median home value

$50,200$81,400

Median gross rent

$722$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Homestead
Under 5	5.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	10.7%	11.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	22.5%	16.4%
35 to 44	15.3%	3.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.3%
75 and over	4.0%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Homestead
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	34.5%
Black or African American	6.2%	57.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Homestead
No high school diploma	0.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	7.2%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	41.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Homestead
Drove alone	55.0%	57.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	10.0%
Public transit	10.2%	15.4%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.5%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Homestead
1-unit, detached	67.1%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	5.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Homestead
Poverty rate	3.6%	16.3%
Average household size	2.04	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1938	1946