Edgewood vs Myrtle Springs

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

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

Edgewood has the higher population (1,869 vs 717 in Myrtle Springs). Myrtle Springs has the higher median home value ($319,700 vs $195,200 in Edgewood). Since 2019, Myrtle Springs's population has grown faster (+27.4% vs +3.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Myrtle Springs
Population	1,869	717
Median age	37.1 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,778	—
Median home value	$195,200	$319,700
Median gross rent	$993	—
Housing units	733	384
Homeownership rate	65.0%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	44.2%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Myrtle Springs
Population	1,801 → 1,869 (+3.8%)	563 → 717 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$49,148 → $77,778 (+58.3%)	$52,708 → $41,170 (-21.9%)
Median home value	$109,100 → $195,200 (+78.9%)	$212,500 → $319,700 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $993 (+13.2%)	$711 → $868 (+22.1%)

Edgewood

Population

1,8011,869

Median household income

$49,148$77,778

Median home value

$109,100$195,200

Median gross rent

$877$993

Myrtle Springs

Population

563717

Median household income

$52,708$41,170

Median home value

$212,500$319,700

Median gross rent

$711$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Myrtle Springs
Under 5	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.9%	26.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	18.7%	17.7%
55 to 64	6.6%	5.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	6.6%
75 and over	5.3%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Myrtle Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	7.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Myrtle Springs
No high school diploma	10.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.9%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	40.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Myrtle Springs
Drove alone	69.8%	92.7%
Carpooled	20.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	4.8%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Myrtle Springs
1-unit, detached	89.8%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Myrtle Springs
Poverty rate	10.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.75	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	39	17
Median year structure built	1974	1995