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About Edison
Township in New Jersey, United StatesEdison is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Situated in Central New Jersey within the core of the state's Raritan Valley region, Edison is a commercial hub (home to Menlo Park Mall and Little India) and is a bedroom community of New York City within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township was the state's sixth-most-populous municipality, with a population of 107,588, an increase of 7,621 (+7.6%) from the 2010 census count of 99,967, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,280 (+2.3%) from the 97,687 counted in the 2000 census. What is now Edison Township was originally incorporated as Raritan Township by an act of the New J…
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Housing in Edison
The typical Edison home is worth about $642,000, up 2.4% in a year, 11% above the New Jersey typical home.
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Safety in Edison
Safety Grade C+
Edison reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 63% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 78%.
Schools in Edison
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The public schools Edison’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 78% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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