Edgewood vs Watsontown

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

Edgewood and Watsontown 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 1,845 in Watsontown). Watsontown has the higher median household income ($53,355 vs $44,671 in Edgewood). Watsontown has the higher median home value ($161,200 vs $85,300 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Watsontown
Population	2,202	1,845
Median age	47.9 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,671	$53,355
Median home value	$85,300	$161,200
Median gross rent	$671	$848
Housing units	1,294	897
Homeownership rate	70.5%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Watsontown
Population	2,564 → 2,202 (-14.1%)	2,333 → 1,845 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$27,250 → $44,671 (+63.9%)	$43,947 → $53,355 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$62,600 → $85,300 (+36.3%)	$136,900 → $161,200 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $671 (+13.9%)	$728 → $848 (+16.5%)

Edgewood

Population

2,5642,202

Median household income

$27,250$44,671

Median home value

$62,600$85,300

Median gross rent

$589$671

Watsontown

Population

2,3331,845

Median household income

$43,947$53,355

Median home value

$136,900$161,200

Median gross rent

$728$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Watsontown
Under 5	3.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.4%
55 to 64	19.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.0%
75 and over	10.9%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Watsontown
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Watsontown
No high school diploma	8.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	48.1%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Watsontown
Drove alone	81.4%	85.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Watsontown
1-unit, detached	55.3%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	33.9%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	10.7%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Watsontown
Poverty rate	21.9%	14.1%
Average household size	1.87	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1938	1952