Edinboro vs Erie

A side-by-side comparison of Edinboro and Erie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Erie has the higher population (94,156 vs 5,303 in Edinboro). Erie has the higher median household income ($43,397 vs $40,862 in Edinboro). Edinboro has the higher median home value ($211,300 vs $108,200 in Erie).

Population, income & housing

	Edinboro	Erie
Population	5,303	94,156
Median age	23.6 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,862	$43,397
Median home value	$211,300	$108,200
Median gross rent	$888	$836
Housing units	2,481	43,377
Homeownership rate	43.0%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.2%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edinboro	Erie
Population	5,794 → 5,303 (-8.5%)	97,263 → 94,156 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$38,940 → $40,862 (+4.9%)	$37,894 → $43,397 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$165,800 → $211,300 (+27.4%)	$89,100 → $108,200 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $888 (+4.8%)	$710 → $836 (+17.7%)

Edinboro

Population

5,7945,303

Median household income

$38,940$40,862

Median home value

$165,800$211,300

Median gross rent

$847$888

Erie

Population

97,26394,156

Median household income

$37,894$43,397

Median home value

$89,100$108,200

Median gross rent

$710$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edinboro	Erie
Under 5	1.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	8.6%	15.7%
18 to 24	43.3%	12.8%
25 to 34	14.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	7.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	7.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	4.4%	9.4%
75 and over	5.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edinboro	Erie
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	66.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edinboro	Erie
No high school diploma	5.2%	11.2%
High school graduate	12.6%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	43.3%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edinboro	Erie
Drove alone	67.2%	70.4%
Carpooled	8.2%	11.5%
Public transit	0.6%	2.7%
Walked	15.7%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.0%	6.9%
Other means	1.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edinboro	Erie
1-unit, detached	50.1%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	26.6%	22.4%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	3.7%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Edinboro	Erie
Poverty rate	24.6%	24.6%
Average household size	2.12	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1976	1950