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SheetNJ-EDGEWATER-NJ · Edgewater, NJ 14,544 pop · income 92nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Edgewater
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Edgewater on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Reidsville · lowest
42,702
Reidsville · lowest
42,702 median HH income
17.1% of the leader · rank #1
Red Oaks Mill · near
137,813
Red Oaks Mill · near
137,813 median HH income
55.1% of the leader · rank #2
Edgewater · this city
137,847
Edgewater · this city
137,847 median HH income
55.1% of the leader · rank #3
Miami Shores · near
137,873
Miami Shores · near
137,873 median HH income
55.1% of the leader · rank #4
Melissa · near
137,875
Melissa · near
137,875 median HH income
55.1% of the leader · rank #5
Seventh Mount… · near
137,885
Seventh Mount… · near
137,885 median HH income
55.2% of the leader · rank #6
Short Hills · highest
250,001
Short Hills · highest
250,001 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Edgewater on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 14,544.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Edgewater - the verdict
Nationally, Edgewater sits in the 92nd percentile for household income and the 51st percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
92nd
percentile, household income
93rd
percentile, home value
94th
percentile, median rent
51st
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Edgewater, NJ
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 14,544 residents in Edgewater, a small town within New Jersey. Edgewater households earn a median of $137,847 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.7%. Edgewater's housing stock carries a median value of $723,400, and the median resident age is 39.9 years. 74.0% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 70.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 189 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 456% from five years earlier. Edgewater reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1321.1 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
New Jersey carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 108.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,132 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts New Jersey's average monthly utility costs around $275 (state average). Workers in Edgewater report an average commute of 31.4 minutes, with 35.2% driving alone and 25.4% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Edgewater's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to reported crime to housing and income to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Edgewater, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Edgewater?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 74.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Which cities make useful reference points for Edgewater?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within New Jersey, the closest population matches are Moorestown-Lenola (14,523 residents, $134,167 income); Middlesex (14,518 residents, $107,063 income); Hopatcong (14,470 residents, $114,057 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Parlier, CA (14,545 residents); Moultrie, GA (14,545 residents); Nolensville, TN (14,545 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Edgewater?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 35.2%. The reported mean trip to work is 31.4 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Edgewater?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1321.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 42% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Edgewater?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
5.2×
Home value
$723,400
Household income
$137,847
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Is Edgewater growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,011 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +7.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 189 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
14,488
2025 estimate
15,499
Period change
+7.0%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Top-decile income · poverty 4.7% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
108.8 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New Jersey average
B
City profile score · Edgewater, NJ
71/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
74.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A+
$137,847
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime A
40 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate B-
4.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
108.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Edgewater profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 74.0%
Household income: 93/100 (A+) · $137,847
Violent crime: 86/100 (A) · 40 /100k
Poverty rate: 67/100 (B-) · 4.7%
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
Where Edgewater sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Edgewater's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Edgewater highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Edgewater, NJ (this city): home $723,400, crime 1,321/100k
Parlier, CA : home $236,100, crime 1,864/100k
Moultrie, GA : home $155,900, crime 6,070/100k
Nolensville, TN : home $695,100, crime 257/100k
Reidsville, NC : home $139,000, crime 3,332/100k
Greenwich, CT : home $1,486,100, crime 877/100k
Key Biscayne, FL : home $1,238,700, crime 832/100k
Hopatcong, NJ : home $318,600, crime 251/100k
Ramsey, NJ : home $665,700, crime 1,033/100k
Hammonton, NJ : home $324,200, crime 1,315/100k
How does Edgewater compare to other US cities?
Where Edgewater sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income92% higher than other cities
Home value93% pricier than other cities
Median rent94% pricier than other cities
Safety51% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just New Jersey and the picture shifts: Edgewater ranks #151 of 238 New Jersey cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Edgewater against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Jersey only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Jersey-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Edgewater near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Edgewater ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Edgewater only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#165 of 659
75th percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Home Value
#90 of 672
87th percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#248 of 680
63rd percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#49 of 686
93rd percentile in New Jersey
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New Jersey only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
92nd percentile nationally for median household income · 51st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Edgewater's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Edgewater's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Edgewater's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$723,4007th percentilemore affordable than 7% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Edgewater's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,249 of 15,516
More affordable than 15% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,723 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 5.2×, Edgewater sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,249 of 15,516 and #2,723 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$137,847Edgewater, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Edgewater, NJ median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Edgewater, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)74.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)70.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
14,544
Median Income
$137,847
Median Home Value
$723,400
Median Age
39.9
Poverty Rate
4.7%
Labor force participation
70.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
74.0%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1321.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
39.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1281.3
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Edgewater's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
14,488 residents
2021
14,670 residents
2022
14,672 residents
2023
14,777 residents
2024
15,033 residents
2025
15,499 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
189
housing units authorized
Single-Family
4
detached homes
Multifamily
185
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
13
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
34
28
6
$9.9M
2020
195
3
192
$45.6M
2021
43
4
39
$9.1M
2022
17
7
10
$7.6M
2023
3
1
2
$1.4M
2024
189
4
185
$13.8M
Permit volume increased 456% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
31.4 minutes
Drive Alone
35.2%
Carpool
4.1%
Public Transit
29.7%
Walk
3.7%
Work from Home
25.4%
Other
1.9%
Based on 8,774 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Jersey statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Jersey at $275 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are New Jersey statewide averages, not a meter reading for Edgewater. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Jersey's BEA cost-of-living index is 108.8 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Edgewater is $2,132/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Jersey statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Jersey statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Edgewater sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Edgewater compares to similar-size New Jersey cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.