Edgewood vs Northumberland

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

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

Northumberland has the higher population (3,874 vs 2,202 in Edgewood). Northumberland has the higher median household income ($57,162 vs $44,671 in Edgewood). Northumberland has the higher median home value ($158,200 vs $85,300 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Northumberland
Population	2,202	3,874
Median age	47.9 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,671	$57,162
Median home value	$85,300	$158,200
Median gross rent	$671	$986
Housing units	1,294	1,861
Homeownership rate	70.5%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Northumberland
Population	2,564 → 2,202 (-14.1%)	3,655 → 3,874 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$27,250 → $44,671 (+63.9%)	$59,725 → $57,162 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$62,600 → $85,300 (+36.3%)	$127,500 → $158,200 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $671 (+13.9%)	$761 → $986 (+29.6%)

Edgewood

Population

2,5642,202

Median household income

$27,250$44,671

Median home value

$62,600$85,300

Median gross rent

$589$671

Northumberland

Population

3,6553,874

Median household income

$59,725$57,162

Median home value

$127,500$158,200

Median gross rent

$761$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Northumberland
Under 5	3.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	2.4%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.7%
55 to 64	19.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.8%
75 and over	10.9%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Northumberland
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
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%	2.6%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Northumberland
No high school diploma	8.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	48.1%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Northumberland
Drove alone	81.4%	82.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	6.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Northumberland
1-unit, detached	55.3%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	33.9%	14.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	10.7%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Northumberland
Poverty rate	21.9%	18.3%
Average household size	1.87	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1938	1954