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South Orange-Maplewood School District, NJ

44,087 Population
6.7 square miles 6,560.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 37.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$79,930 ±$3,570 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $49,449 ±$753
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$185,977 ±$13,101 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Essex County: $80,789 ±$1,638
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

4.4% ±1.1% (1,835  ±468) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Essex County: 14.6% 123,563 (±0.6% / ±5,397)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

38.6 minutes ±1 (577,635  ±36,066) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 33.6 11,319,595 (±0.4 / ±193,683)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

14,752 ±527 Number of households
  • Essex County: 319,788 ±1,015
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.8 ±0.1 (41,810  ±119) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent 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

4.8% ±1.4% (491  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 5.4% 11,451 (±0.5% / ±1,072)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

15,259 ±530 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 336,962 ±208
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$780,600 ±$25,865 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $524,100 ±$11,118
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

10.6% ±1.7% (4,624  ±739.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 10.7% 91,452 (±0.5% / ±4,299)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

96.1% ±3.8% (26,813  ±1,179.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 86.7% 504,923 (±1% / ±5,999.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
74.6% ±3.2% (20,812  ±988.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Essex County: 39.2% 228,016 (±0.6% / ±3,426.2)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

18.3% ±1.8% (8,048  ±806) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 30.1% 260,083
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

2.5% ±0.8% (806  ±249) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 2.6% 17,292 (±0.2% / ±1,141)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
806 Total veterans ±249 760 Male ±247 46 Female ±39

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