Found within zip codes: 08817
Popular real estate near Edison, NJ (Washington Park)
Washington Park median real estate prices are $334,590, which is more expensive than 52.3% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey and 80.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
Average rental prices in Washington Park are currently $1,580, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 79.8% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey.
Washington Park is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Edison, New Jersey.
Washington Park real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Washington Park neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1994.
In Washington Park, the current vacancy rate is 4.2%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 80.5% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Washington Park 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 Washington Park neighborhood has more Hungarian and Arab ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry and 2.0% have Arab ancestry.
Washington Park is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Hindi, which is the official language of India at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
Notable & Unique: PeopleIn a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the Washington Park neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 4.3% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
The Neighbors The Neighbors: IncomeHow wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Washington Park 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 82.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 95.7% of America's neighborhoods.
The Neighbors: OccupationsThe 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 Washington Park neighborhood, 34.6% 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 27.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.5%), and 18.0% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The Neighbors: Ethnicity / AncestryCulture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco. In the Washington Park neighborhood in Edison, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (17.8%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (15.9%) , and residents who report Asian roots (14.4%) , and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (12.4%) , along with some English ancestry residents (4.6%), among others. In addition, 20.3% 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 Washington Park neighborhood is English, spoken by 71.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, South Asian languages, Chinese and Korean.
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 Washington Park neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also take the train to get to work (6.7%) and 5.1% 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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| RENTAL PRICE | High cost relative to NJ, very high cost relative to the nation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL, & CHARACTER | DETAILS |
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| THE SETTING | Urban (based on population density) |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Single-family homes, some Complexes/high rise apartments and a few Small apartment buildings |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Small dwellings (1, 2, or no 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 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 Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Seniors (people 65 and over) and some College students (people currently attending college) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 8 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Upper middle income (well-above average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | Mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Sales & Service workers, some Manufacturing & Laborers and some Government employees |
| ETHNICITY / ANCESTRY | Mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Italian ancestry, some East Asian, some Hispanic, some Asian Indian, some Puerto Rican, some Black, some Arabian and some Mexican |
| LANGUAGES | Mostly English speaking, some Spanish 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 (%) | 28.7 |
| CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 0.0 |
| PERIOD | TOTAL APPRECIATION | AVG. ANNUAL RATE | COMPARED TO NJ* | COMPARED TO AMERICA* |
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| SINCE 1990 | 84.22% | 2.99% | 4 | 3 |
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