Edwardsville is a very small city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 4,648 people and just one neighborhood, Edwardsville is the 72nd largest community in Kansas.
Edwardsville real estate is some of the most expensive in Kansas, although Edwardsville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Edwardsville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.80% of the Edwardsville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Edwardsville is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Edwardsville who work in office and administrative support (10.43%), food service (7.23%), and healthcare suport services (6.92%).
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Edwardsville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Edwardsville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The citizens of Edwardsville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.64% of adults in Edwardsville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Edwardsville in 2022 was $30,956, which is middle income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $123,824 for a family of four. However, Edwardsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Edwardsville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Edwardsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Edwardsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Edwardsville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.86% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Edwardsville include Irish, German, English, Dutch, and European.
The most common language spoken in Edwardsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Edwardsville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian and Armenian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry and 1.0% have Armenian ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Edwardsville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 57.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 33.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 23.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.3%), and 17.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 85.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (12.5%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Edwardsville, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (18.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (15.9%), and residents who report Mexican roots (11.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.4%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.9%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.