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City of Orange township, Essex County, NJ

34,281 Population
2.2 square miles 15,493 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,257 ±$2,069 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Essex County: $49,449 ±$753
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$52,847 ±$7,109 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $80,789 ±$1,638
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

21.9% ±5% (7,429  ±1,697) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 14.6% 123,563 (±0.6% / ±5,397)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

32 minutes ±2 (429,205  ±45,348) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Essex County: 33.6 11,319,595 (±0.4 / ±193,683)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

12,140 ±608 Number of households
  • Essex County: 319,788 ±1,015
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.8 ±0.1 (33,945  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 842,424 (±0 / ±513)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

8% ±2.6% (717  ±233) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 5.4% 11,451 (±0.5% / ±1,072)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

12,883 ±617 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 336,962 ±208
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$365,500 ±$20,916 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $524,100 ±$11,118
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

13.9% ±3.8% (4,696  ±1,293.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Essex County: 10.7% 91,452 (±0.5% / ±4,299)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

78.4% ±4.7% (17,372  ±1,222) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 86.7% 504,923 (±1% / ±5,999.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
22.6% ±2.8% (4,995  ±646) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 39.2% 228,016 (±0.6% / ±3,426.2)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

46.4% ±3.7% (15,903  ±1,279) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 30.1% 260,083
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

1.7% ±0.7% (414  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 2.6% 17,292 (±0.2% / ±1,141)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
414 Total veterans ±167 296 Male ±130 118 Female ±107

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