Edgewood vs Elk Plain

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

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

Elk Plain has the higher population (13,863 vs 12,683 in Edgewood). Edgewood has the higher median household income ($114,342 vs $101,250 in Elk Plain). Edgewood has the higher median home value ($664,000 vs $440,300 in Elk Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Elk Plain
Population	12,683	13,863
Median age	38.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$114,342	$101,250
Median home value	$664,000	$440,300
Median gross rent	$1,837	$1,908
Housing units	4,884	5,048
Homeownership rate	69.3%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Elk Plain
Population	11,264 → 12,683 (+12.6%)	15,167 → 13,863 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$100,110 → $114,342 (+14.2%)	$70,041 → $101,250 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$409,100 → $664,000 (+62.3%)	$228,700 → $440,300 (+92.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,362 → $1,837 (+34.9%)	$1,360 → $1,908 (+40.3%)

Edgewood

Population

11,26412,683

Median household income

$100,110$114,342

Median home value

$409,100$664,000

Median gross rent

$1,362$1,837

Elk Plain

Population

15,16713,863

Median household income

$70,041$101,250

Median home value

$228,700$440,300

Median gross rent

$1,360$1,908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Elk Plain
Under 5	5.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.0%
75 and over	5.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Elk Plain
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	69.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.2%
Asian	6.0%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	1.5%
Some other race	1.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.2%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Elk Plain
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	25.2%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Elk Plain
Drove alone	63.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	15.3%	8.7%
Public transit	2.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Elk Plain
1-unit, detached	73.6%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Elk Plain
Poverty rate	4.7%	6.8%
Average household size	2.73	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1988	1993