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Edison township, Middlesex County, NJ

107,636 Population
30.1 square miles 3,579.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Middlesex County: 39.5 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$49,840 ±$3,362 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $43,638 ±$1,011
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $47,338 ±$418
$119,939 ±$8,843 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $99,427 ±$2,714
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $89,296 ±$1,088

6.3% ±1.7% (6,701  ±1,831) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 8% 66,720 (±0.8% / ±6,532)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,602 (±0.3% / ±29,531)

33.8 minutes ±1.2 (1,261,195  ±114,440) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 29.6 9,440,720 (±0.5 / ±293,347)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 28.6 98,380,030 (±0.2 / ±1,050,130)

Families

37,780 ±1,350 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 307,831 ±1,897
  • New Jersey: 3,497,945 ±8,126
2.8 ±0.1 (106,410  ±439) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.7 837,011 (±0 / ±2,702)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,084,234 (±0)

5.3% ±2.4% (1,315  ±593) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 3.7% † 7,567 (±0.6% / ±1,303)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 5.3% 110,927 (±0.3% / ±6,041)

Housing

38,923 ±1,556 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 317,102 ±990
  • New Jersey: 3,779,591 ±1,544

$461,400 ±$21,114 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $396,700 ±$5,987
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $389,800 ±$2,392

12.8% ±3.3% (13,602  ±3,457.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 12.7% 108,632 (±1.1% / ±8,982.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.6% 974,522 (±0.3% / ±28,423.4)

Social

92% ±4.2% (68,696  ±3,652.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 89.8% 535,767 (±1.9% / ±11,302.5)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 91% 5,890,494 (±0.6% / ±40,077.4)
58.3% ±3.4% (43,473  ±2,786.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 45.1% 268,796 (±1.3% / ±7,605.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.1% 2,790,646 (±0.4% / ±26,799.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

47.6% ±2.7% (51,235  ±2,866) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 35% 300,829 (±1% / ±8,600)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 23% 2,134,981 (±0.4% / ±32,090)

2.6% ±0.8% (2,092  ±674) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 3% † 20,551 (±0.3% / ±2,222)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 3.9% 283,485 (±0.1% / ±7,865)
2,092 Total veterans ±674 1,971 Male ±632 121 Female ±139

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