Edgewood vs Fairview-Ferndale

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

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

Edgewood has the higher population (2,202 vs 1,721 in Fairview-Ferndale). Edgewood has the higher median household income ($44,671 vs $36,429 in Fairview-Ferndale). Edgewood has the higher median home value ($85,300 vs $77,000 in Fairview-Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Fairview-Ferndale
Population	2,202	1,721
Median age	47.9 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,671	$36,429
Median home value	$85,300	$77,000
Median gross rent	$671	$730
Housing units	1,294	1,142
Homeownership rate	70.5%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Fairview-Ferndale
Population	2,564 → 2,202 (-14.1%)	2,036 → 1,721 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$27,250 → $44,671 (+63.9%)	$38,323 → $36,429 (-4.9%)
Median home value	$62,600 → $85,300 (+36.3%)	$64,700 → $77,000 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $671 (+13.9%)	$755 → $730 (-3.3%)

Edgewood

Population

2,5642,202

Median household income

$27,250$44,671

Median home value

$62,600$85,300

Median gross rent

$589$671

Fairview-Ferndale

Population

2,0361,721

Median household income

$38,323$36,429

Median home value

$64,700$77,000

Median gross rent

$755$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Fairview-Ferndale
Under 5	3.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	4.8%
18 to 24	3.6%	1.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	19.9%	19.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	14.7%
75 and over	10.9%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Fairview-Ferndale
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Fairview-Ferndale
No high school diploma	8.7%	11.4%
High school graduate	48.1%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Fairview-Ferndale
Drove alone	81.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.9%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	7.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Fairview-Ferndale
1-unit, detached	55.3%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	33.9%	22.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	10.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Fairview-Ferndale
Poverty rate	21.9%	13.6%
Average household size	1.87	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938