Edinboro vs North East

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

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

Edinboro has the higher population (5,303 vs 4,069 in North East). North East has the higher median household income ($67,469 vs $40,862 in Edinboro). Edinboro has the higher median home value ($211,300 vs $151,000 in North East).

Population, income & housing

	Edinboro	North East
Population	5,303	4,069
Median age	23.6 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,862	$67,469
Median home value	$211,300	$151,000
Median gross rent	$888	$731
Housing units	2,481	1,914
Homeownership rate	43.0%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.2%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edinboro	North East
Population	5,794 → 5,303 (-8.5%)	4,108 → 4,069 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$38,940 → $40,862 (+4.9%)	$50,014 → $67,469 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$165,800 → $211,300 (+27.4%)	$127,600 → $151,000 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $888 (+4.8%)	$667 → $731 (+9.6%)

Edinboro

Population

5,7945,303

Median household income

$38,940$40,862

Median home value

$165,800$211,300

Median gross rent

$847$888

North East

Population

4,1084,069

Median household income

$50,014$67,469

Median home value

$127,600$151,000

Median gross rent

$667$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edinboro	North East
Under 5	1.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	8.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	43.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	7.5%	18.2%
65 to 74	4.4%	11.2%
75 and over	5.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edinboro	North East
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	91.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	1.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edinboro	North East
No high school diploma	5.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	12.6%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	43.3%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edinboro	North East
Drove alone	67.2%	73.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	15.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	15.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	7.0%	5.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edinboro	North East
1-unit, detached	50.1%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.6%	31.5%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.7%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edinboro	North East
Poverty rate	24.6%	16.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1976	1946