Edgewater, NJ Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Population (male): 5,750

Population (female): 6,618

Median Age: 38.4 years

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2017: $2,298.

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Edgewater: 124.6 (high, U.S. average is 100)

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Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $91,531 (it was $63,455 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $60,374 (it was $42,650 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $386,318 (it was $197,800 in 2000) Edgewater:$386,318NJ:$334,900

Etienne Burdett began ferry service between north Edgewater and the island of Manhattan in 1758. His gambrel-roofed house in what is now the Edgewater Colony stood until 1899. The ferry service at Burdett's Landing, which was located at the southern base of the bluff of Fort Lee, proved valuable to the American cause during the Revolutionary War. The ferry functioned as the link for supplies, information and transportation between Fort Lee on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River and Fort Washington on the New York side. In the century following the Revolutionary war, north Edgewater developed into a resort area with large hotels built in the mid- and late 19th century. It was in the 19th century that Burdett's Landing became known as "Old Stone Dock", as cobblestones quarried from the Palisades Cliffs by Russell & Read were shipped across the Hudson to fill the demand for paving Manhattan streets. Concern over the destruction caused by quarrying operations led to the formation of the Palisades Interstate Park in 1900, which was effective in preserving the cliffs. Although the first chemical plant was founded in 1843 in the south section of the borough, throughout the 19th century the town retained a bucolic character. Early in the 20th century the addition of landfill to the Hudson River changed the borough's appearance. Until that time, the Hudson River lay closer to River Road from just above Veteran's field southward to what is now the Binghamton Ferry Plaza.