Housing density: 1,196 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $458,901.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,703 (lower quartile is $1,317, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,705
Median gross rent in Edison, NJ in 2022: $1,803
Housing units in Edison with a mortgage: 14,190 (1,335 second mortgage, 2,073 home equity loan, 48 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 5,856
In family households: 685,318 (144,417 male householders, 58,537 female householders)
157,214 spouses, 245,764 children (235,122 natural, 3,912 adopted, 6,730 stepchildren), 12,325 grandchildren, 10,608 brothers or sisters, 14,972 parents, foster children, 15,190 other relatives, 17,701 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 100,705 (34,701 male householders (26,114 living alone)), 43,531 female householders (37,036 living alone)), 22,473 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 23,835 (8,024 institutionalized population)
132,678 married couples with children.
28,844 single-parent households (6,357 men, 22,487 women).
60.0% of residents of Edison speak English at home.
5.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
19.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
13.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 54,549 (48.6%)
(63.4% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Edison, New Jersey
9,9281995 to March 2000
6,1411990 to 1994
5,3241985 to 1989
3,5061980 to 1984
2,2641975 to 1979
1,9221970 to 1974
1,0511965 to 1969
2,215Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Other: 43,548 (39.7%)
Italian: 14,431 (13.2%)
Irish: 10,805 (9.9%)
German: 8,467 (7.7%)
Polish: 7,251 (6.6%)
English: 3,438 (3.1%)
Hungarian: 3,121 (2.8%)
Russian: 3,097 (2.8%)
United States: 2,356 (2.1%)
Subsaharan African: 1,309 (1.2%)
Slovak: 1,097 (1.0%)
West Indian: 1,075 (1.0%)
Ukrainian: 1,048 (1.0%)
Arab: 1,003 (0.9%)
Greek: 990 (0.9%)
French: 886 (0.8%)
Scottish: 769 (0.7%)
Portuguese: 721 (0.7%)
Dutch: 712 (0.6%)
Czech: 597 (0.5%)
Danish: 565 (0.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 523 (0.5%)
Swedish: 427 (0.4%)
Norwegian: 376 (0.3%)
French Canadian: 345 (0.3%)
Lithuanian: 327 (0.3%)
Welsh: 207 (0.2%)
Swiss: 191 (0.2%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
India
Edison:
39.0% (12,621)
New Jersey:
8.1% (119,497)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Edison:
7.2% (2,337)
New Jersey:
2.7% (40,092)
Philippines
Edison:
5.8% (1,880)
New Jersey:
4.7% (69,773)
Taiwan
Edison:
4.6% (1,484)
New Jersey:
1.2% (18,066)
Korea
Edison:
2.9% (934)
New Jersey:
3.5% (51,970)
Poland
Edison:
2.4% (777)
New Jersey:
3.8% (55,466)
Hong Kong
Edison:
2.1% (672)
New Jersey:
0.6% (8,266)
Colombia
Edison:
2.1% (669)
New Jersey:
4.7% (69,754)
Pakistan
Edison:
1.8% (598)
New Jersey:
1.1% (16,052)
Italy
Edison:
1.8% (576)
New Jersey:
4.0% (58,395)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 45,191
Other state: 19,025
Northeast: 14,497
Midwest: 1,328
South: 2,614
West: 586
65% of Edison residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in New Jersey.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 234
Nursery to 4th grade: 70
5th and 6th grade: 281
7th and 8th grade: 650
9th grade: 400
10th grade: 540
11th grade: 516
12th grade, no diploma: 1,044
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,804
Less than 1 year of college: 1,490
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,660
Associate degree: 1,478
Bachelor's degree: 8,380
Master's degree: 4,836
Professional school degree: 1,288
Doctorate degree: 1,014
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 298
Nursery to 4th grade: 131
5th and 6th grade: 371
7th and 8th grade: 957
9th grade: 599
10th grade: 641
11th grade: 513
12th grade, no diploma: 1,135
High school graduate (or equivalency): 9,224
Less than 1 year of college: 2,059
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,526
Associate degree: 2,386
Bachelor's degree: 8,640
Master's degree: 3,368
Professional school degree: 782
Doctorate degree: 334
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 18,458
One, attached: 3,873
Two: 1,172
3 or 4: 1,680
5 to 9: 3,391
10 to 19: 3,517
20 to 49: 2,063
50 or more: 1,635
Mobile homes: 221
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,895
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.1%