Edison, NJ is the 28th best town in the country to live in?

FINALIST Edison, NJ Top 100 rank: 28 Population: 100,500 Compare Edison to Top 10 Best Places
Financial
	City stats	Best places average
Median family income (per year)	$86,205	$76,893
Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted)	$61,443	$68,109
Sales tax	6.00%	6.55%
State income tax rate (highest bracket)	8.97%*	6.46%
State income tax rate (lowest bracket)	1.40%*	2.74%
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state)	n/a	$2,207
Job growth % (2000-2005)	4.14%	10.97%
Housing
	City stats	Best places average
Median home price	$355,000	$259,566
Home price gain (2004-2005)	16.40%	9.26%
Education
	City stats	Best places average
Colleges, universities and professional schools	4	8
Junior colleges and technical institutes	1	0
Test scores reading (% +/- state average)	10.0%	13.3%
Test scores math (% +/- state average)	10.9%	16.9%
% students attending public/private schools	83.3/16.70	88.4/11.59
Quality of life
	City stats	Best places average
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good)	71.0%	71.9%
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)	4	45
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)	4	74
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000)	186	228
Property crime incidents (per 100,000)	1,890	3,105
Median commute time (in minutes)	25.5	20.8
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer	27.1%	13.4%
Leisure and culture
	City stats	Best places average
Movie theaters (within 15 miles)	26	22
Restaurants (within 15 miles)	5,007	2,268
Bars (within 15 miles)	257	127
Public golf courses (within 30 miles)	116	74
Libraries (within 15 miles)	100	43
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles)	25	7
Ski resorts (within 100 miles)	28	10
Weather
	City stats	Best places average
Annual precipitation (inches)	49.63	36.00
Clear days	93	107
High temp in July ° F	86.6°	87.7°
Low temp in Jan ° F	21.5°	23.5°
Health*
	City stats	Best places average
Has health plan (% of residents)	92.3%	88.2%
Body mass index (avg. for residents)	26	27
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted)	205.6	191.3
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000)	238.3	202.0
Meet the neighbors
	City stats	Best places average
Median age	36.6	34.5
Completed at least some college (% of residents)	60.7%	63.9%
Married	56.9%	54.3%
Divorced	6.1%	9.3%
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)	$7,837	$7,549

*County data
Income tax notes:
The tax brackets reported are for single individuals. For married couples filing jointly, the tax rates range from 1.4% to 8.97% (with 7 income brackets) applying to income brackets from $20,000 to over $500,000.

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