Haven Homes median real estate prices are $324,102, which is more expensive than 48.2% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey and 79.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

Average rental prices in Haven Homes are currently $1,425, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 69.7% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey.

Haven Homes is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Edison, New Jersey. This is a coastal neighborhood (i.e., is on the ocean or along a tidally-influenced river).

Haven Homes real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Haven Homes neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1994.

Real estate vacancies in Haven Homes are 5.0%, which is lower than one will find in 73.2% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Haven Homes is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Haven Homes is a neighborhood that is on the ocean or a tidally influenced river. Many times, such places have amenities that bring locals and visitors to the waterfront for recreational activities or to check out the scenery. In some densely populated areas that are less financially well-off, the neighborhood waterfront can be relatively industrial and less open to recreation. In addition to being coastal, Haven Homes is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of.

Did you know that the Haven Homes neighborhood has more Hungarian and Ukrainian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry and 1.3% have Ukrainian ancestry.

Haven Homes is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.4% 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 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

There 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 Haven Homes neighborhood in Edison are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 72.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 7.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place. In the Haven Homes neighborhood, 31.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.6%), and 21.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Culture 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 Haven Homes neighborhood in Edison, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (16.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.9%) , and residents who report Asian roots (12.1%) , and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (10.3%) , along with some Polish ancestry residents (8.0%), among others. In addition, 25.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

The 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 Haven Homes neighborhood is English, spoken by 70.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Chinese and South Asian languages.

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Haven Homes neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.7%) 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 (8.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.