Found within zip codes: 08820
Popular real estate near Edison, NJ (Grove Ave / Marlin Ave)
Grove Ave / Marlin Ave median real estate prices are $531,354, which is more expensive than 84.6% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey and 92.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
Average rental prices in Grove Ave / Marlin Ave are currently $825, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price then 91.0% of New Jersey neighborhoods.
Grove Ave / Marlin Ave is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Edison, New Jersey.
Grove Ave / Marlin Ave real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Grove Ave / Marlin Ave neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1994.
In Grove Ave / Marlin Ave, the current vacancy rate is 2.5%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 93.2% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Grove Ave / Marlin Ave is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood CharacteristicsThe way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Notable & Unique: DiversityDid you know that the Grove Ave / Marlin Ave neighborhood has more Asian and Eastern European ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 49.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Asian ancestry and 1.2% have Eastern European ancestry.
Grove Ave / Marlin Ave is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 20.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Gujarati, which is native to the Indian state of Gujarat, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
Notable & Unique: Migration/StabilityDo you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. What is interesting to note, is that the Grove Ave / Marlin Ave neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (52.8%) than are found in 98.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The Neighbors The Neighbors: IncomeThere are two complimentary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Grove Ave / Marlin Ave neighborhood in Edison are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 92.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 8.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The Neighbors: OccupationsA neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the shear diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations. In the Grove Ave / Marlin Ave neighborhood, 48.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 19.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.3%), and 13.0% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The Neighbors: Ethnicity / AncestryCulture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior - comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures. In the Grove Ave / Marlin Ave neighborhood in Edison, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (49.7%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (9.6%) , and residents who report Irish roots (6.9%) , and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (6.1%) , along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.4%), among others. In addition, 52.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
The Neighbors: LanguagesThe languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Grove Ave / Marlin Ave neighborhood is English, spoken by 39.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include South Asian languages, Gujarati (native to the Indian state of Gujarat), Hindi (which is the official language of India) and Chinese.
Getting to WorkHow you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Grove Ave / Marlin Ave neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (25.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (66.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (15.0%) and 12.0% of residents also take the train for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
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| NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL, & CHARACTER | DETAILS |
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| THE SETTING | Urban (based on population density) |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Complexes/high rise apartments, some Single-family homes and a few Small apartment buildings |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Small dwellings (1, 2, or no bedrooms), some Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms) and a few Large dwellings (4 or 5 bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Established but not old (Built 1970 – 1994) and some Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later) |
| HOMEOWNERSHIP | Mixed owners & renters |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | Mostly Walkable, Hip & Trendy and Urban Sophisticates |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | Mostly Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Mixed ages, some Seniors (people 65 and over) and some College students (people currently attending college) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 10 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Wealthy (among the 15% most wealthy communities in America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | Mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Sales & Service workers and some Manufacturing & Laborers |
| ETHNICITY / ANCESTRY | Mostly East Asian, some White (non-Hispanic), some Asian Indian, some Italian ancestry, some Irish ancestry, some Hispanic, some Black and some Puerto Rican |
| LANGUAGES | Mostly English speaking, some Spanish speaking, some Russian speaking and some Italian speaking |
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| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 28.2 | 53.0 |
| BLACK (%) | 9.1 | 17.1 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 9.3 | 20.6 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 53.4 | 8.5 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 15.2 | 31.9 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $8,686 | $124,003,000 | 58.2 |
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| STUDENT | $1,288 | $18,387,000 | 8.6 |
| STAFF | $364 | $5,197,000 | 2.4 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $244 | $3,481,000 | 1.6 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $560 | $8,000,000 | 3.8 |
| OPERATION | $1,430 | $20,414,000 | 9.6 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $759 | $10,837,000 | 5.1 |
| OTHER | $132 | $1,879,000 | 0.9 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $4,777 | $68,195,000 | 32.0 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $1,456 | $20,787,000 | 9.8 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $14,918 | $212,985,000 | 100.0 |
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| ADULTS IN NEIGHBORHOOD WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 51.7 |
| CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 8.6 |
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| SINCE 1990 | 68.50% | 2.55% | 2 | 2 |
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Grove Ave / Marlin Ave neighborhood appreciation rates are for subscribers only. Edison, NJ appreciation rates (city-wide averages) are open to all visitors.
National Median 4.0
My chances of becoming a victim
in Grove Ave / Marlin Ave SUBSCRIBE FOR DETAIL
in Edison 1 in 1268
in New Jersey 1 in 324
National Median 29.4
My chances of becoming a victim
in Grove Ave / Marlin Ave SUBSCRIBE FOR DETAIL
in Edison 1 in 54
in New Jersey 1 in 48
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