Found within zip codes: 08820
Popular real estate near Edison, NJ (New Dover)
New Dover median real estate prices are $563,653, which is more expensive than 87.3% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey and 93.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
Average rental prices in New Dover are currently $730, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price then 94.5% of New Jersey neighborhoods.
New Dover is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Edison, New Jersey.
New Dover real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the New Dover neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1994.
In New Dover, the current vacancy rate is 1.4%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 98.2% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in New Dover 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: Migration/StabilitySome neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the New Dover neighborhood. More residents of the New Dover neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 98.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.
Notable & Unique: DiversityDid you know that the New Dover neighborhood has more Asian and Greek ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 31.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Asian ancestry and 2.1% have Greek ancestry.
New Dover is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.1% 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: PeopleIf you come to know the people here, you will recognize that you're in the company of one of the wealthiest communities in the nation. In fact, a mere 1.9% of America's neighborhoods are wealthier than the New Dover neighborhood. Real estate here is exceedingly well-maintained, and similarly, tends to maintain its value over time. The cars driven are mostly luxury brands like Mercedes, Audi, BMW, and Lexus. If the public schools aren't up to snuff, the residents of this neighborhood preferentially send their children to private preparatory schools. Vacation to Disney? Yes, but equally popular are summers in Europe.
In addition, the New Dover neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 6.7% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of New Jersey. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for urban sophisticates and highly educated executives.
Notable & Unique: Real EstateIn addition, owner-occupied real estate dominates the New Dover neighborhood. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout research, the percentage of residential real estate occupied by its owner is higher here than in 99.8% of neighborhoods in America. With a real estate vacancy rate of only 1.4%, the New Dover neighborhood has a lower vacancy rate than 98.2% of U.S. neighborhoods, a very elite group. Such a low vacancy rate may indicate very strong real estate demand in the neighborhood combined with some impediments to increasing supply, such as zoning or existing density of development, among other potential reasons.
Furthermore, this New Dover neighborhood has earned the amazing distinction of having one of the highest rates of detached, single-family homes of any neighborhood in the U.S. With 99.2% of the residential real estate here made up of free-standing single-family homes, there is a greater proportion of single-family homes here than in 99.3% of all neighborhoods in America.
Also of note, one way that the New Dover neighborhood really stands out, is that it has more large 4, 5, or additional bedroom homes and real estate than 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America. When you walk or drive around this neighborhood, you'll instantly notice the size of the homes here which definitely makes a strong visual statement.
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 New Dover 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 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 67.4% of America'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 New Dover neighborhood, 53.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 20.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.5%), and 11.7% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The Neighbors: Ethnicity / AncestryBoston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today. In the New Dover neighborhood in Edison, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (31.8%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (16.3%) , and residents who report Irish roots (8.7%) , and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (7.0%) , along with some German ancestry residents (5.5%), among others. In addition, 31.8% 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 New Dover neighborhood is English, spoken by 59.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include South Asian languages, Chinese, Gujarati (native to the Indian state of Gujarat) and Italian.
Getting to WorkEven 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 New Dover neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (24.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (72.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also take the train to get to work (12.8%) and 9.5% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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 Single-family homes |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Large dwellings (4 or 5 bedrooms) and a few Small dwellings (1, 2, or no bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Established but not old (Built 1970 – 1994) and some Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier) |
| HOMEOWNERSHIP | Mostly Owner occupied |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | Mostly Urban Sophisticates, Walkable and Quiet |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | Mostly Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Seniors (people 65 and over) and some College students (people currently attending college) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 9 (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 Sales & Service workers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support and some Manufacturing & Laborers |
| ETHNICITY / ANCESTRY | Mostly White (non-Hispanic), some East Asian, some Italian ancestry, some Irish ancestry, some Asian Indian, some Hispanic, some Black and some Arabian |
| LANGUAGES | Mostly English speaking, some Italian speaking, some Spanish speaking and some Portuguese speaking |
| SCHOOLS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD * | GRADES |
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J P STEVENS HIGH
855 GROVE AVE, EDISON, NJ 08817 (732) 452-2800 |
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JAMES MADISON INTER
838 NEW DOVER RD, EDISON, NJ 08820 (732) 452-2960 |
03-05 |
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JAMES MADISON PRIM
840 NEW DOVER RD, EDISON, NJ 08820 (732) 452-2990 |
PK-02 |
* Depending on where you live in this neighborhood, your children may attend these schools or other schools outside the neighborhood. Always check with your local school department to determine which schools your children may attend based on your specific address and your child's grade-level.
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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 (%) | 47.6 |
| CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 3.6 |
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| SINCE 1990 | 86.93% | 3.06% | 5 | 4 |
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