Is Edgewater a good place to live?
Edgewater is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 349th among Florida's 634 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 53% of the state's. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $294K for a typical one and 4.1 times the Deltona metro’s $71K median household income. 33% of residents are 65 or older in Edgewater, where Florida’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 18%. Hawks Park Complex, at 40 acres with 1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Edgewater has grown 19% since 2010
20,750 counted in 2010 and 23,097 in 2020; an estimated 24,795 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 7.3% since 2020, after 11.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Edgewater grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Edgewater is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Kia Center and 42 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Edgewater. Close and well known come first.
39 mi Stadium & arenaKia Center
30 mi Ancient siteWindover Archaeological Site
28 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Bounce House
34 mi MuseumKennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
40 mi Stadium & arenaInter&Co Stadium
18 mi MuseumMotorsports Hall of Fame of AmericaPhoto credits
Kia Center: 350z33 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Windover Archaeological Site: ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Acrisure Bounce House: DampFrijoles, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex: Bill White, Public domain · Inter&Co Stadium: Porsche997SBS, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Motorsports Hall of Fame of America: WillRStroh97, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Edgewater: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Edgewater, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Edgewater.
Edgewater is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
| Edgewater | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hawks Park Complex | 1 mi | 40 |
| 2. Whistle Stop Park | 0.7 mi | 15 |
| 3. Rotary Park | 0.4 mi | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Edgewater earns a B− for schools
Its public schools are run by the Volusia school district. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian River Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 614 | B+ |
| Creative Pathways Preparatory Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 38 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Edgewater has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs based here grew from 3,064 in 2013 to 5,538.
Most working residents leave Edgewater for work: only 14% work in town. Jobs based in Edgewater grew to 5,538 in 2023, 2,474 more than in 2013. The median household income in Edgewater is $61,000.
| Edgewater | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 9.5% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Edgewater earns a C+ for cost of living
90% of households own their home in Edgewater. The typical Edgewater home is worth about $294,000, about the same as a year ago, 22% below the Florida typical home. Edgewater’s median rent is $1,309 a month.
| Edgewater | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,309 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Mild winters and hot summers in Edgewater
January nights average 50°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.2°. The Sanford weather station, 23 miles away, records that about 109 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 97% of Florida places with climate records.
Edgewater has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Edgewater | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 50°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Edgewater faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
238 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 28 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1985, 238 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Edgewater.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Edgewater is less healthy than 57% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,171 U.S. towns with household incomes like Edgewater’s, it is healthier than 66%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Edgewater beats the Florida average on 6 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 42% of Edgewater adults have high blood pressure.
| Edgewater | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Edgewater | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.1% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.1% | 13.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.9% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Edgewater
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Edgewater; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Edgewater residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
86% of working residents leave Edgewater for work
Where Edgewater’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Edgewater
City in Florida, United States
Edgewater is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States, situated along the Indian River North, adjacent to the Mosquito Lagoon. It is a part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, FL metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 US census, the city had a population of 23,097. A settlement in the area was established by John Milton Hawks. It was incorporated in 1915 as the Town of Hawks Park, and kept the name Hawks Park until 1924, when the Florida Legislature renamed it as the City of Edgewater.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1951
- Area
- 23 sq mi
- ZIP code
- 32132, 32141
- Area code
- 386
Edgewater’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Edgewater.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewater | #349 | C | C+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Glencoe | — | — | C+ | — | B− | C+ |
| New Smyrna Beach | #401 | C | D | — | B− | B |
| Oak Hill | — | — | B | — | B− | C+ |
Glencoe and Oak Hill have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Edgewater, Glencoe, New Smyrna Beach and Oak Hill report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Edgewater with a neighbor →
Questions about Edgewater
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Edgewater, FL a good place to live?
Edgewater grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #349 of 634 in Florida. It grades C+ for health and B− for schools.
Is Edgewater, FL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.