Edwardsville vs Plymouth

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

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

Plymouth has the higher population (5,761 vs 4,917 in Edwardsville). Edwardsville has the higher median household income ($50,046 vs $42,348 in Plymouth). Edwardsville has the higher median home value ($114,200 vs $85,400 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsville	Plymouth
Population	4,917	5,761
Median age	37.9 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,046	$42,348
Median home value	$114,200	$85,400
Median gross rent	$875	$923
Housing units	2,228	2,971
Homeownership rate	47.0%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsville	Plymouth
Population	4,742 → 4,917 (+3.7%)	5,820 → 5,761 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$38,950 → $50,046 (+28.5%)	$42,754 → $42,348 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $114,200 (+24.8%)	$72,100 → $85,400 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $875 (+18.7%)	$720 → $923 (+28.2%)

Edwardsville

Population

4,7424,917

Median household income

$38,950$50,046

Median home value

$91,500$114,200

Median gross rent

$737$875

Plymouth

Population

5,8205,761

Median household income

$42,754$42,348

Median home value

$72,100$85,400

Median gross rent

$720$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwardsville	Plymouth
Under 5	8.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.8%
75 and over	7.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsville	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	78.3%
Black or African American	10.7%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsville	Plymouth
No high school diploma	4.3%	15.7%
High school graduate	53.4%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsville	Plymouth
Drove alone	83.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	4.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsville	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	44.6%	42.7%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	28.6%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	9.2%
20 or more units	3.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsville	Plymouth
Poverty rate	24.0%	21.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1956	1941