Edinburg vs New Market

A side-by-side comparison of Edinburg and New Market: population, income, housing, and more.

Edinburg and New Market are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Market has the higher population (2,159 vs 1,544 in Edinburg). Edinburg has the higher median household income ($54,775 vs $47,967 in New Market). New Market has the higher median home value ($247,400 vs $217,900 in Edinburg).

Population, income & housing

	Edinburg	New Market
Population	1,544	2,159
Median age	34.7 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,775	$47,967
Median home value	$217,900	$247,400
Median gross rent	$977	$745
Housing units	703	1,087
Homeownership rate	63.9%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edinburg	New Market
Population	1,261 → 1,544 (+22.4%)	2,180 → 2,159 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$53,654 → $54,775 (+2.1%)	$41,892 → $47,967 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$149,800 → $217,900 (+45.5%)	$233,300 → $247,400 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $977 (+22.6%)	$725 → $745 (+2.8%)

Edinburg

Population

1,2611,544

Median household income

$53,654$54,775

Median home value

$149,800$217,900

Median gross rent

$797$977

New Market

Population

2,1802,159

Median household income

$41,892$47,967

Median home value

$233,300$247,400

Median gross rent

$725$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edinburg	New Market
Under 5	3.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.6%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	21.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	17.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	6.3%	19.8%
75 and over	5.3%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edinburg	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	86.1%
Black or African American	7.4%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edinburg	New Market
No high school diploma	7.0%	13.2%
High school graduate	43.3%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edinburg	New Market
Drove alone	80.0%	70.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	10.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.5%	6.5%
Other means	0.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edinburg	New Market
1-unit, detached	58.2%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	15.1%	20.6%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	13.4%
20 or more units	6.3%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Edinburg	New Market
Poverty rate	21.0%	12.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	34	24
Median year structure built	1968	1981