Edgewood vs Sharpsburg

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

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

Sharpsburg has the higher population (3,146 vs 3,089 in Edgewood). Edgewood has the higher median household income ($102,361 vs $50,833 in Sharpsburg). Edgewood has the higher median home value ($319,200 vs $118,800 in Sharpsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Sharpsburg
Population	3,089	3,146
Median age	37.5 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$102,361	$50,833
Median home value	$319,200	$118,800
Median gross rent	$1,140	$953
Housing units	1,622	1,790
Homeownership rate	65.7%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.3%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Sharpsburg
Population	3,040 → 3,089 (+1.6%)	3,358 → 3,146 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$80,547 → $102,361 (+27.1%)	$36,360 → $50,833 (+39.8%)
Median home value	$216,500 → $319,200 (+47.4%)	$81,800 → $118,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,140 (+28.1%)	$792 → $953 (+20.3%)

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

Sharpsburg

Population

3,3583,146

Median household income

$36,360$50,833

Median home value

$81,800$118,800

Median gross rent

$792$953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Sharpsburg
Under 5	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	10.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	22.5%	19.2%
35 to 44	15.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.0%
75 and over	4.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	81.3%
Black or African American	6.2%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	0.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	7.2%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	41.2%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	55.0%	63.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	4.1%
Public transit	10.2%	8.3%
Walked	0.8%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.8%
Worked from home	29.5%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	67.1%	33.6%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	23.2%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	8.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	16.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	3.6%	17.9%
Average household size	2.04	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938