Edwardsville vs West Hazleton

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

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

West Hazleton has the higher population (5,156 vs 4,917 in Edwardsville). Edwardsville has the higher median household income ($50,046 vs $46,968 in West Hazleton). Edwardsville has the higher median home value ($114,200 vs $108,800 in West Hazleton).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsville	West Hazleton
Population	4,917	5,156
Median age	37.9 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,046	$46,968
Median home value	$114,200	$108,800
Median gross rent	$875	$1,097
Housing units	2,228	1,844
Homeownership rate	47.0%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsville	West Hazleton
Population	4,742 → 4,917 (+3.7%)	4,376 → 5,156 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$38,950 → $50,046 (+28.5%)	$41,444 → $46,968 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $114,200 (+24.8%)	$71,400 → $108,800 (+52.4%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $875 (+18.7%)	$906 → $1,097 (+21.1%)

Edwardsville

Population

4,7424,917

Median household income

$38,950$50,046

Median home value

$91,500$114,200

Median gross rent

$737$875

West Hazleton

Population

4,3765,156

Median household income

$41,444$46,968

Median home value

$71,400$108,800

Median gross rent

$906$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwardsville	West Hazleton
Under 5	8.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	25.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	8.6%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.6%
75 and over	7.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsville	West Hazleton
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	23.2%
Black or African American	10.7%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.8%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	65.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsville	West Hazleton
No high school diploma	4.3%	22.0%
High school graduate	53.4%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsville	West Hazleton
Drove alone	83.4%	70.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.1%
Other means	0.0%	10.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsville	West Hazleton
1-unit, detached	44.6%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	29.9%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	8.5%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsville	West Hazleton
Poverty rate	24.0%	24.4%
Average household size	2.52	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1956	1945