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Edison township, Middlesex County, NJ

106,834 Population
30.1 square miles 3,551.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 39.9 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$58,841 ±$3,415 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $49,125 ±$1,020
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
$127,080 ±$13,502 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $105,055 ±$3,816
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061

4.5% ±1.8% (4,734  ±1,941) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 8.7% † 72,914 (±1.1% / ±8,933)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)

34.6 minutes ±1.4 (1,485,760  ±121,352) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 32 11,786,110 (±0.8 / ±372,447)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.4 126,643,450 (±0.3 / ±1,324,142)

Families

39,515 ±1,458 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 311,100 ±2,011
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
2.7 ±0.1 (105,729  ±38) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Middlesex County: 2.7 837,590 (±0 / ±1,015)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 † 9,122,744 (±,157 / ±-555,555,600)

1.7% ±0.9% (466  ±245) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.5% † 9,095 (±0.9% / ±1,868)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)

Housing

39,756 ±1,434 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 319,111 ±385
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675

$512,200 ±$30,357 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $475,200 ±$6,766
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830

12% ±3% (12,743  ±3,238.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 9.9% † 84,846 (±1.1% / ±9,391.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)

Social

93.4% ±4.7% (70,718  ±4,078.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 88.7% 531,158 (±1.9% / ±11,407)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
62.9% ±4% (47,658  ±3,278.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 45.6% 273,116 (±1.3% / ±7,839.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

50.2% ±2.9% (53,593  ±3,145) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 37.1% † 320,372 (±23,863.5% / ±8,840)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% † 2,250,431 (±1,448.4% / ±28,235)

2.1% ±0.7% (1,787  ±617) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 2.9% † 19,639 (±0.4% / ±2,454)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
1,787 Total veterans ±617 1,736 Male ±608 51 Female ±89

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