$480,000 buys the median home in Edison right now. With 20% down, that's a $96,000 down payment and a $384,000 loan, set against a $95,000 median household income.
Property taxes in Edison run 2.4% of assessed value, above the 1.1% national average. On the median home, that's $11,520 a year, or $960 added to the monthly payment.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, New Jersey taxes wage income. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $3,649/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses in Edison track at 125 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Edison's median home price runs 16% higher than nearby Newark: $415,000 there versus $480,000 here.