Town · Van Zandt County, Texas

Edgewood, Texas

Edgewood is a town in Van Zandt County, Texas. It has 1,927 residents. Edgewood, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 16 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,093 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #584 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), property crime rate (low) and natural hazard risk (low). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), distance to an emergency room (high) and dentists (low).

16Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,093 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #584 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,927 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,338.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4822612

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety58#6,643/15,637
Economy48#8,095/15,631
Housing41#8,770/14,977
Health32#10,575/15,609
Healthcare1#15,561/15,650
Environment51#7,540/15,453
Education21#12,336/15,649
Infrastructure29#11,087/15,650
Community7#14,583/15,651
Leisure & amenities2#15,339/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Edgewood, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Van Zandt County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low20.0%
94/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteVan Zandt County value
Property crime rate · low459 /100k
91/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationVan Zandt County value
Natural hazard risk · low7.9
87/100Texas 39.62025Federal Emergency Management AgencyVan Zandt County value
Violent crime rate · low108 /100k
84/100Texas 345 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationVan Zandt County value
Drug overdose deaths · low9.4 /100k
84/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataVan Zandt County value
New homes permitted · high6.2 /1k
80/100Texas 6.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low8 /100k
1/100Texas 61 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteVan Zandt County value
Distance to an emergency room · high20.8 mi
3/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesVan Zandt County value
Dentists · low20 /100k
5/100Texas 63 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteVan Zandt County value
Mental health providers · low48 /100k
5/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteVan Zandt County value
Traffic deaths · high31.3 /100k
6/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataVan Zandt County value
Average weekly wage · low$907
6/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsVan Zandt County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,801 (2015-2019) → 1,927 (2020-2024)
+7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
0.5 /1k (2021) → 6.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+1,058%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.8% (2015-2019) → 91.1% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$49,148 (2015-2019) → $73,533 (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
44.1% (2015-2019) → 53.3% (2020-2024)
+9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.2× (2015-2019) → 3.1× (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Edgewood, Texas improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Household income+50%$49,148 → $73,533
Broadband+14 points76.8% → 91.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Edgewood, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	36.6 min2015-2019	33.2 min2020-2024	−3.5 min	Within the margin of error	82%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%2015-2019	17.5%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Broadband subscriptions	76.8%2015-2019	91.1%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	77%
Effective property tax rate	1.62%2015-2019	1.28%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	79%
High school diploma or higher	88.6%2015-2019	88.6%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.8×	Within the margin of error	29%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4302015-2019	0.3962020-2024	−0.034	Within the margin of error	76%
Median household income	$49,1482015-2019	$73,5332020-2024	+50%	Improved	84%
Poverty rate	13.6%2015-2019	12.7%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.1%2015-2019	30.7%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Rent-burdened households	44.1%2015-2019	53.3%2020-2024	+9.2 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.8%2015-2019	11.3%2020-2024	−5.5 points	Within the margin of error	88%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Edgewood, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Edgewood, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Edgewood, Texas itself moved −2.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,927 residents (±486)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 40–49 men (+6.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,927 residents (±486)

Edgewood, Texas
Texas share

White78%1,509
Black4.8%†93
Hispanic or Latino9.9%†191

Education

1,346 residents (±348)

Edgewood, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma11%†154
High school or GED39%†519
Some college25%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

685 households (±128)

Edgewood, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k23%†156
$25k–50k12%†80
$50k–75k18%†120
$75k–100k16%†110
$100k–150k13%†89
$150k–200k17%†115
$200k or more2.2%†15

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−10.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

685 households (±128)

Edgewood, Texas
Texas share

Own62%427
Rent38%†258

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

229 households (±75)

Edgewood, Texas
Texas share

Under $75056%†128
$750–1,00017%†40
$1,000–1,50015%†34

Home values

427 homes (±114)

Edgewood, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k15%†62
$150k–250k44%†190
$250k–400k33%†141

Age of homes

715 homes (±134)

Edgewood, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later6.2%†44
2000–20099.2%†66
1980–199927%†190

Size of homes

715 homes (±134)

Edgewood, Texas
Texas share

Studio1.4%†10
1 bedroom12%†83
2 bedrooms23%†165

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

916 workers (±285)

Edgewood, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone68%†619
Carpool21%†192
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.1%†1
Bike0.0%0
Work from home9.4%†86
Other2.0%†18

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

830 workers (±261)

Edgewood, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min31%†260
15–29 min17%†139
30–44 min20%†165

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Van Zandt County, the county holding most of Edgewood's residents.

Van Zandt County has 1,007 employer establishments, 157 for every 10,000 residents (0.63× the US rate of 248; 0.72× Texas's), with 9,632 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,612. The Census Bureau also counts 6,008 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,007; 6,008 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 157; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 9,632
Average annual pay: $45,612; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Van Zandt County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	122	19.1	1.23×About typical	1,010	$65,198	786
Restaurants and other eating places	87	13.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	1,427	$18,946	41
Religious organizations	61	9.5	1.72×More than typical	291	$21,196	—
Building equipment contractors	54	8.4	1.40×More than typical	602	$72,379	149
Full-service restaurants	40	6.2	0.81×About typical	593	$20,148	19
Limited-service restaurants	38	5.9	0.74×Fewer than typical	757	$18,449	14
Ambulatory health care services	36	5.6	0.27×Fewer than typical	220	$50,455	160
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	36	5.6	1.78×More than typical	226	$56,690	177
Construction of buildings	32	5	0.66×Fewer than typical	108	$57,852	367
Lessors of real estate	32	5	0.41×Fewer than typical	57	$35,333	376
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	29	4.5	1.37×More than typical	249	$62,896	84
Truck transportation	27	4.2	0.83×About typical	142	$50,662	185

Rank places for an industry Open Van Zandt County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 64,033 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Edgewood is mostly in Van Zandt County.

See federal money in Van Zandt County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Edgewood, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Lance GoodenR-TX-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Van Zandt County20100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Van Zandt County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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