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." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Edgeworth is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Edgeworth really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Edgeworth perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Edgeworth is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Edgeworth Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Edgeworth. 73.79% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 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.