Edison is a larger medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 97,687 people and 22 constituent neighborhoods, Edison is the fifth largest community in New Jersey.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Edison is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Edison is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Edison who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.43%), computer science and math (11.30%), and sales jobs (10.58%).

Also of interest is that Edison has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Edison is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Edison are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Edison, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.68 minutes every day commuting to work.

Edison Information and Demographics

The population of Edison is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 42.34% of adults in Edison have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Edison in 2000 was $30,148, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,592 for a family of four. However, Edison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Edison is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Edison home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Edison is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Edison include Italian, Irish, Polish, German, Russian, and Hungarian.

In addition, Edison has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (33.12%).

The languages spoken by people in Edison are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Edison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Spanish, Gujarathi, Hindi, Other Asian languages, and Other Indic languages.