Edison township, Middlesex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 33 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Edison township: | 33.1% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
65% of Edison township 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.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 45191
- Northeast: 14497
- Midwest: 1328
- South: 2614
- West: 586
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $159,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Edison township, New Jersey:
- 1,078 people in nursing homes
- 538 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 290 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 90 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 28 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 22 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 16 people in religious group quarters
- 15 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 13 people in other group homes
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
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: $30,200
Housing units in Edison township 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
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Construction (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Computer specialists (15%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Edison township:
- Italian (14.0%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- Polish (5.7%)
- German (5.1%)
- United States or American (2.7%)
- Russian (2.6%)
- Hungarian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (39%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Taiwan (5%)
- Korea (3%)
- Poland (2%)
- Hong Kong (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 36,748 (75%)
- Carpooled: 5,006 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 385 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 197 (0%)
- Railroad: 4,661 (9%)
- Ferryboat: 9 (0%)
- Taxi: 91 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 19 (0%)
- Bicycle: 64 (0%)
- Walked: 990 (2%)
- Other means: 185 (0%)
- Worked at home: 889 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Edison township, New Jersey:
- 1,078 people in nursing homes
- 538 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 290 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 90 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 28 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 22 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 16 people in religious group quarters
- 15 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 13 people in other group homes
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
60.0% of residents of Edison township 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).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 95,589- In family households: 84,271 (20,986 male householders, 5,025 female householders)
21,963 spouses, 29,096 children (27,899 natural, 555 adopted, 642 stepchildren), 984 grandchildren, 1,067 brothers or sisters, 1,979 parents, 2,046 other relatives, 1,125 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 11,318 (4,110 male householders (3,100 living alone)), 4,997 female householders (4,288 living alone)), 2,211 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,098 (1,174 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 9,405 2-persons, 6,712 3-persons, 6,051 4-persons, 2,390 5-persons, 1,086 6-persons, 367 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 7,388 1-person, 1,403 2-persons, 239 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
17,997 married couples with children.
2,547 single-parent households (528 men, 2,019 women).
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% |