Edgewater, NJ

New Jersey · New York County · New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro

Edgewater is a small city in New Jersey with a population of 14,544. Residents earn $137,847 per year, which is 83% above the national average.

3.6 /5.0

B+ Good

14,544 Population 14,994/sq mi density

$137,847 Median Income $96,592 per capita

$723,400 Home Value $711,285 Zillow

$2,645 Median Rent 27.2% income on rent

56°F Avg Temperature 275 sunny days/yr

31 Violent Crime/100K 1,248 property/100K

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Overall

3.6 / 5.0

Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education

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Economy

4.8 / 5.0

$137,847 median income, 3.6% unemployment

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Affordability

3.7 / 5.0

$723,400 home value, $2,645/mo rent

Safety

1.0 / 5.0

31 violent crimes/100K (92% below avg)

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Education

5.0 / 5.0

74.0% bachelor's degree or higher

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Haunted Places Near Edgewater, NJ

5 reported haunted locations found near Edgewater, NJ.

Name	Description
Billy's Bar & Grill	It is rumored that this now local bar at one time was a whore house. Not to the liking of the owner at the time she was over powered by her male employees and was unable to keep the establishment a simple tavern for the traveling loggers working on the nearby Rum River. She died up stairs in one of the bedrooms not to soon after the uprising. To this day several people (patrons & employees) have noticed tables set in the morning when arriving to work, pictures on the wall moved around, and si...
Captain Video	Often at night when the store is closed flashes of lights and small orbs seem to appear. An apparition of a young woman will be seen and disappear.
streets around Eagle Ave. & the Train Tracks	there have been multiple sightings by locals. Most are at the train station. a floating blue/white light which looks like an old man. Is seen "walking" slowly across the tracks. when he is across he turns back looks and dissipates. Others have seen the old man walking in front of there houses in every case the man looks at the onlooker then dissipates. The neighborhood dogs wont even go out side at times and in some rare cases when people noticed that there dogs wouldn't even come into differ...
The City College of New York	Numerous reports since the 1920s of students seen -- and recognized by students, and [former] professors years back -- known to have died in the First World War, haunting one of the former political club lounges in Shepherd Hall. Legend had it that in one particular instance, a math tutor noticed that a student's clothes seemed somewhat dated for the mid-20s and put it in his mind to inquire as to how the young man was making out financially; given it was still a wholly free college with a mo...
The Seven Gates of Hell	It is a separate private road off of Toad Road. Years ago there was a mental hospital located near Toad road. It is now a deserted building. Hundreds of mental patients are said to have escaped from there and killed in the woods surrounding it. If you travel back to Toad Road, you go through seven gates known to locals as "The Seven Gates of Hell." No one has ever been through the fifth gate. Everyone who makes it to the gates hears noises and sees weird things moving in the woods. - November...

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