Edison has been one of the fastest-growing municipalities in the state of New Jersey. It is the fifth most-populated municipality in the state, after the cities of Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, and Elizabeth.

Edison is primarily a middle-class community with more than 75 ethnic communities with growing Asian communities. Edison has a large Jewish community settled close to Highland Park. Edison is religiously reach with multiple churches, synagogues and temples located allover the Edison.