Edwardsville vs West Pittston

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

Edwardsville and West Pittston 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 4,645 in West Pittston). West Pittston has the higher median household income ($62,431 vs $50,046 in Edwardsville). West Pittston has the higher median home value ($163,200 vs $114,200 in Edwardsville).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsville	West Pittston
Population	4,917	4,645
Median age	37.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,046	$62,431
Median home value	$114,200	$163,200
Median gross rent	$875	$846
Housing units	2,228	2,274
Homeownership rate	47.0%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsville	West Pittston
Population	4,742 → 4,917 (+3.7%)	4,786 → 4,645 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$38,950 → $50,046 (+28.5%)	$53,443 → $62,431 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $114,200 (+24.8%)	$121,600 → $163,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $875 (+18.7%)	$728 → $846 (+16.2%)

Edwardsville

Population

4,7424,917

Median household income

$38,950$50,046

Median home value

$91,500$114,200

Median gross rent

$737$875

West Pittston

Population

4,7864,645

Median household income

$53,443$62,431

Median home value

$121,600$163,200

Median gross rent

$728$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwardsville	West Pittston
Under 5	8.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.6%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	16.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	12.7%
75 and over	7.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsville	West Pittston
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	92.2%
Black or African American	10.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsville	West Pittston
No high school diploma	4.3%	1.7%
High school graduate	53.4%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsville	West Pittston
Drove alone	83.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	9.4%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsville	West Pittston
1-unit, detached	44.6%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	0.8%
20 or more units	3.7%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsville	West Pittston
Poverty rate	24.0%	13.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1956	1938