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SheetDE-EDGEMOOR-DE · Edgemoor, DE 6,671 pop · income 61st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Edgemoor
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Edgemoor on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Georgetown · lowest
47,423
Georgetown · lowest
47,423 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #1
Kewaunee · near
79,565
Kewaunee · near
79,565 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #2
Pioneer · near
79,566
Pioneer · near
79,566 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #3
Edgemoor · this city
79,572
Edgemoor · this city
79,572 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #4
West Grove · near
79,577
West Grove · near
79,577 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #5
Hypoluxo · near
79,583
Hypoluxo · near
79,583 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #6
Green Knoll · highest
156,630
Green Knoll · highest
156,630 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Edgemoor on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 6,671.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Edgemoor places in the 61st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
61st
percentile, household income
64th
percentile, home value
78th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Edgemoor, DE
Delaware's Edgemoor is a small town, with 6,671 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Edgemoor report a median income of $79,572 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 13.9%. Edgemoor's housing stock carries a median value of $291,000, and the median resident age is 40.0 years. About 36.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 66.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Delaware tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Delaware scores 99.8 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,560 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $243 across Delaware, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 91.3 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Edgemoor's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Edgemoor, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Edgemoor?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 67.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Edgemoor?
Within Delaware, the closest population matches are Millsboro (7,152 residents, $77,750 income); Elsmere (6,189 residents, $76,378 income); Pike Creek (7,185 residents, $135,703 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Kahaluu-Keauhou, HI (6,670 residents); Lutherville, MD (6,670 residents); Raleigh Hills, OR (6,669 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
How far does income reach against housing in Edgemoor?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 13.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Above median income · poverty 13.9% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
99.8 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Delaware average
D
City profile score · Edgemoor, DE
48/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share B-
36.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C
$79,572
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living D
99.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate F
13.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Edgemoor profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 69/100 (B-) · 36.4%
Household income: 59/100 (C) · $79,572
Cost of living: 41/100 (D) · 99.8 index
Poverty rate: 25/100 (F) · 13.9%
How does Edgemoor compare to other US cities?
Edgemoor measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income61% higher than other cities
Home value64% pricier than other cities
Median rent78% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Edgemoor against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Delaware only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Delaware-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Edgemoor near the bottom of Delaware's cities
Among the 79 Delaware cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Edgemoor ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Edgemoor only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#36 of 77
53rd percentile in Delaware
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 79
0th percentile in Delaware
Median Home Value
#35 of 77
55th percentile in Delaware
Poverty Rate
#12 of 79
84th percentile in Delaware
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#29 of 79
63rd percentile in Delaware
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Delaware only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
61st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Edgemoor's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$291,00036th percentilemore affordable than 36% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Edgemoor's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,566 of 15,516
More affordable than 38% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,636 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.7×, Edgemoor sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,566 of 15,516 and #7,636 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$79,572Edgemoor, DE median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Edgemoor, DE median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Edgemoor, DE.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)36.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)13.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)66.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
6,671
Median Income
$79,572
Median Home Value
$291,000
Median Age
40.0
Poverty Rate
13.9%
Labor force participation
66.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
36.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
67.8%
Carpool
13.5%
Public Transit
7.1%
Walk
0.4%
Work from Home
10.8%
Based on 3,540 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Delaware statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $243
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Delaware at $243 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Delaware statewide averages, not a meter reading for Edgemoor. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Delaware's BEA cost-of-living index is 99.8 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Edgemoor is $1,560/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Delaware statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 91.3 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Delaware statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Edgemoor sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Edgemoor compares to similar-size Delaware cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.