Edwardsville vs Larksville

A side-by-side comparison of Edwardsville and Larksville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edwardsville has the higher population (4,917 vs 4,248 in Larksville). Larksville has the higher median household income ($56,620 vs $50,046 in Edwardsville). Larksville has the higher median home value ($145,700 vs $114,200 in Edwardsville).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsville	Larksville
Population	4,917	4,248
Median age	37.9 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,046	$56,620
Median home value	$114,200	$145,700
Median gross rent	$875	$943
Housing units	2,228	2,158
Homeownership rate	47.0%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsville	Larksville
Population	4,742 → 4,917 (+3.7%)	4,387 → 4,248 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$38,950 → $50,046 (+28.5%)	$61,907 → $56,620 (-8.5%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $114,200 (+24.8%)	$124,400 → $145,700 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $875 (+18.7%)	$876 → $943 (+7.6%)

Edwardsville

Population

4,7424,917

Median household income

$38,950$50,046

Median home value

$91,500$114,200

Median gross rent

$737$875

Larksville

Population

4,3874,248

Median household income

$61,907$56,620

Median home value

$124,400$145,700

Median gross rent

$876$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwardsville	Larksville
Under 5	8.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	8.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	6.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	19.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	12.6%
75 and over	7.8%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsville	Larksville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	87.4%
Black or African American	10.7%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsville	Larksville
No high school diploma	4.3%	10.7%
High school graduate	53.4%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsville	Larksville
Drove alone	83.4%	74.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsville	Larksville
1-unit, detached	44.6%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	3.7%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsville	Larksville
Poverty rate	24.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1956	1964