About Edgeworth

Edgeworth is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,730 people and just one neighborhood, Edgeworth is the 735th largest community in Pennsylvania. Edgeworth has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Edgeworth is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 94.91% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Edgeworth is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Edgeworth who work in management occupations (19.07%), sales jobs (14.56%), and teaching (10.04%).

Of important note, Edgeworth is also a borough of artists. Edgeworth has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Edgeworth's character.

Also of interest is that Edgeworth has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Edgeworth is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Edgeworth is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Edgeworth a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Edgeworth has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Edgeworth's overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

Being a small borough, Edgeworth does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Edgeworth Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Edgeworth, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Edgeworth is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 73.79% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Edgeworth in 2000 was $69,350, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $277,400 for a family of four. However, Edgeworth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Edgeworth home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Edgeworth is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Edgeworth include Irish, English, German, Italian, Polish, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Edgeworth is English.