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City of Orange township, Essex County, NJ

33,973 Population
2.2 square miles 15,353.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,523 ±$2,598 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Essex County: $48,021 ±$762
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$53,306 ±$6,803 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $76,712 ±$1,583
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

21% ±4.5% (7,068  ±1,506) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 15% 125,419 (±0.6% / ±5,302)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

30.9 minutes ±1.4 (427,100  ±37,001) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 34 11,591,380 (±0.4 / ±199,684)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

12,592 ±598 Number of households
  • Essex County: 317,473 ±1,127
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.7 ±0.1 (33,607  ±39) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 2.6 832,848 (±0 / ±509)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

5.9% ±2.4% (536  ±220) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 5.2% 10,968 (±0.5% / ±950)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

13,456 ±567 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 335,550 ±293
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$337,600 ±$23,380 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $494,400 ±$6,316
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

12.9% ±3.8% (4,325  ±1,280) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 10.8% 91,445 (±0.6% / ±4,756.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

79.8% ±4.4% (17,511  ±1,129.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 86.8% 499,938 (±1% / ±5,671.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
21.1% ±2.3% (4,621  ±523.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 37.9% 218,230 (±0.6% / ±3,436.7)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

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

40.7% ±3.2% (13,820  ±1,094) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 29.3% 250,406
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

2.1% ±0.8% (520  ±212) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 2.7% 17,386 (±0.2% / ±1,107)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
520 Total veterans ±212 333 Male ±142 187 Female ±147

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