Edgewood vs Elysburg

A side-by-side comparison of Edgewood and Elysburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elysburg has the higher population (2,410 vs 2,202 in Edgewood). Elysburg has the higher median household income ($119,646 vs $44,671 in Edgewood). Elysburg has the higher median home value ($238,400 vs $85,300 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Elysburg
Population	2,202	2,410
Median age	47.9 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,671	$119,646
Median home value	$85,300	$238,400
Median gross rent	$671	$622
Housing units	1,294	1,080
Homeownership rate	70.5%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	49.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Elysburg
Population	2,564 → 2,202 (-14.1%)	1,863 → 2,410 (+29.4%)
Median household income	$27,250 → $44,671 (+63.9%)	$78,041 → $119,646 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$62,600 → $85,300 (+36.3%)	$201,300 → $238,400 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $671 (+13.9%)	$372 → $622 (+67.2%)

Edgewood

Population

2,5642,202

Median household income

$27,250$44,671

Median home value

$62,600$85,300

Median gross rent

$589$671

Elysburg

Population

1,8632,410

Median household income

$78,041$119,646

Median home value

$201,300$238,400

Median gross rent

$372$622

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Elysburg
Under 5	3.5%	1.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.6%
18 to 24	3.6%	2.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	19.9%	21.6%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.5%
75 and over	10.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Elysburg
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Elysburg
No high school diploma	8.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	48.1%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	34.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Elysburg
Drove alone	81.4%	69.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	17.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Elysburg
1-unit, detached	55.3%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	33.9%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	10.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Elysburg
Poverty rate	21.9%	0.8%
Average household size	1.87	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1938	1977