Edgewood vs Riverside

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

Edgewood and Riverside 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 1,985 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($79,688 vs $44,671 in Edgewood). Riverside has the higher median home value ($228,400 vs $85,300 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Riverside
Population	2,202	1,985
Median age	47.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,671	$79,688
Median home value	$85,300	$228,400
Median gross rent	$671	$962
Housing units	1,294	842
Homeownership rate	70.5%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Riverside
Population	2,564 → 2,202 (-14.1%)	2,221 → 1,985 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$27,250 → $44,671 (+63.9%)	$67,344 → $79,688 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$62,600 → $85,300 (+36.3%)	$173,900 → $228,400 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $671 (+13.9%)	$821 → $962 (+17.2%)

Edgewood

Population

2,5642,202

Median household income

$27,250$44,671

Median home value

$62,600$85,300

Median gross rent

$589$671

Riverside

Population

2,2211,985

Median household income

$67,344$79,688

Median home value

$173,900$228,400

Median gross rent

$821$962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Riverside
Under 5	3.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	16.7%
55 to 64	19.9%	11.9%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.4%
75 and over	10.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Riverside
No high school diploma	8.7%	4.7%
High school graduate	48.1%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Riverside
Drove alone	81.4%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	17.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Riverside
1-unit, detached	55.3%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	33.9%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	10.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Riverside
Poverty rate	21.9%	5.6%
Average household size	1.87	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1938	1964