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Edison, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $487,372 (it was $182,100 in 2000)
Edison:

$487,372
New Jersey:

$428,900
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $366,661 - $676,083

Total population: 101,207 (Urban population: 97,496, Rural population: 191 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 36,018 (35,136 occupied: 22,462 owner occupied, 12,674 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

36%
State:

35%

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

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Edison, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Household type by relationship:

Households: 786,023
  • 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)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.6
State:

6.8

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

3.8
State:

3.9

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Edison, New Jersey
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Edison, New Jersey
  • 109no bedroom
  • 7611 bedroom
  • 4,7262 bedrooms
  • 9,8693 bedrooms
  • 5,7664 bedrooms
  • 1,2315+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Edison, New Jersey
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Edison, New Jersey
  • 690no bedroom
  • 6,1721 bedroom
  • 4,4092 bedrooms
  • 1,1593 bedrooms
  • 2054 bedrooms
  • 395+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Edison in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Edison in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 807no vehicle
  • 5,8511 vehicle
  • 10,9612 vehicles
  • 3,6963 vehicles
  • 8994 vehicles
  • 2485+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Edison in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Edison in renter-occupied apartments
  • 1,350no vehicle
  • 6,3271 vehicle
  • 4,2622 vehicles
  • 5953 vehicles
  • 1074 vehicles
  • 335+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Edison, New Jersey
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Edison, New Jersey
  • 511 room
  • 1782 rooms
  • 9143 rooms
  • 1,4844 rooms
  • 3,6305 rooms
  • 4,6116 rooms
  • 5,0217 rooms
  • 4,1478 rooms
  • 2,4269+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Edison, New Jersey
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Edison, New Jersey
  • 6421 room
  • 1,6132 rooms
  • 3,5783 rooms
  • 3,5464 rooms
  • 2,0795 rooms
  • 6866 rooms
  • 3097 rooms
  • 1558 rooms
  • 669+ rooms
Year house built
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Edison, NJ
Edison CDP income, earnings, and wages data

  • Edison, NJ household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Edison, NJ in 2022
  • 12,181Less than $10,000
  • 17,735$10,000 to $19,999
  • 15,815$20,000 to $29,999
  • 18,477$30,000 to $39,999
  • 15,478$40,000 to $49,999
  • 20,236$50,000 to $59,999
  • 27,363$60,000 to $74,999
  • 42,750$75,000 to $99,999
  • 36,392$100,000 to $124,999
  • 33,925$125,000 to $149,999
  • 41,385$150,000 to $199,999
  • 66,674$200,000 or more
Work and jobs in Edison: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute

Percentage of workers working in this county: 59.3%
Number of people working at home: 10,067 (17.2% of all workers)

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 741
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 3,594
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 6,130
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 6,789
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 6,227
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 2,379
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 5,814
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 1,412
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 2,154
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 4,625
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 5,434
  • 90 or more minutes: 3,056

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 36,748 (74.6%)
  • Carpooled: 5,006 (10.2%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 385 (0.8%)
  • Subway or elevated: 197 (0.4%)
  • Railroad: 4,661 (9.5%)
  • Ferryboat: 9 (0.0%)
  • Taxi: 91 (0.2%)
  • Motorcycle: 19 (0.0%)
  • Bicycle: 64 (0.1%)
  • Walked: 990 (2.0%)
  • Other means: 185 (0.4%)
  • Worked at home: 889 (1.8%)
Class of Workers in 2000
Races in Edison detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Edison, New Jersey
  • 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
Ancestries in Edison, NJ <small>(Other ancestries excluded from the graph)</small>

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
Educational Attainment for Males

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
Educational Attainment for Females
Edison marital status for males
Edison marital status for females

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%
Year householders moved into residence in Edison
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Edison, NJ
  • 87.5%Utility gas
  • 9.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 1.8%Electricity
  • 0.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.1%Wood
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Edison, NJ
  • 80.9%Utility gas
  • 10.3%Electricity
  • 6.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 1.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.8%Other fuel
  • 0.5%No fuel used
  • 0.2%Coal or coke

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,478
Here:

15.0%
New Jersey:

13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 911
Here:

17.6%
New Jersey:

13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,047
Here:

23.0%
New Jersey:

30.1%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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