A city of 108,164, settled in 1651. Home to 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Edison does most differently from other towns.
1995 · Middlesex County CC-NJ6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 4 places on the National Register.
2 colleges in town.
What neighbors are saying. Town Square →
Nothing on the calendar.
Ordered by what stands out in Edison. Another town gets a different order.
Edison beats the New Jersey average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| What stands out | Edison | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.6% | 7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.7% | 11.3% |
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.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School | K–5 | 946 | A |
| Menlo Park Elementary School | K–5 | 802 | A |
| Woodbrook Elementary School | K–5 | 786 | A+ |
| John Marshall Elementary School | K–5 | 762 | A− |
| Washington Elementary School | K–5 | 630 | B |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary School | K–5 | 619 | B |
Most working residents leave Edison for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are New York (11%), Woodbridge (5%) and Jersey City (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.
23 miles of trails across 21 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Roosevelt Park | 1.4 mi | 158 |
| 2. Rutgers Ecological Preserve | 1.3 mi | 25 |
| 3. Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve | 0.9 mi | 421 |
Edison has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 87°, a January night drops to 24°, and about 29 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
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%.
The typical Edison home is worth about $642,000, up 2.4% in a year, 11% above the New Jersey typical home.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 48% of U.S. communities.
Where Edison’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
4 places in Edison on the National Register of Historic Places.
36 notable people were born in Edison.
Township in New Jersey, United States
Edison 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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10 towns share a border with Edison.
