Edwardsville vs Plains

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

Edwardsville and Plains 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 4,369 in Plains). Plains has the higher median household income ($65,417 vs $50,046 in Edwardsville). Plains has the higher median home value ($141,800 vs $114,200 in Edwardsville).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsville	Plains
Population	4,917	4,369
Median age	37.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,046	$65,417
Median home value	$114,200	$141,800
Median gross rent	$875	$950
Housing units	2,228	2,034
Homeownership rate	47.0%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsville	Plains
Population	4,742 → 4,917 (+3.7%)	3,866 → 4,369 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$38,950 → $50,046 (+28.5%)	$54,605 → $65,417 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $114,200 (+24.8%)	$97,000 → $141,800 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $875 (+18.7%)	$768 → $950 (+23.7%)

Edwardsville

Population

4,7424,917

Median household income

$38,950$50,046

Median home value

$91,500$114,200

Median gross rent

$737$875

Plains

Population

3,8664,369

Median household income

$54,605$65,417

Median home value

$97,000$141,800

Median gross rent

$768$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwardsville	Plains
Under 5	8.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	19.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	17.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.5%	13.9%
75 and over	7.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsville	Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	83.9%
Black or African American	10.7%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsville	Plains
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	53.4%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsville	Plains
Drove alone	83.4%	81.6%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsville	Plains
1-unit, detached	44.6%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	17.9%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsville	Plains
Poverty rate	24.0%	19.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1956	1943