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Census Tract 117, Essex, NJ

2,973 Population
0.2 square miles 13,436.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±11.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in East Orange: 37 ±1.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$35,403 ±$10,505 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in East Orange: $32,796 ±$1,452
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Essex County: $48,021 ±$762
$58,616 ±$19,484 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in East Orange: $59,872 ±$3,272
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Essex County: $76,712 ±$1,583

24.5% ±15.2% (712  ±474) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in East Orange: 17.6% † 11,988 (±2.3% / ±1,565)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 15% 125,419 (±0.6% / ±5,302)

33.3 minutes ±8 (39,010  ±17,526) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in East Orange: 35.5 1,034,265 (±1.5 / ±65,110)
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 34 11,591,380 (±0.4 / ±199,684)

Families

1,532 ±240 Number of households
  • East Orange: 28,188 ±1,014
  • Essex County: 317,473 ±1,127
1.9 ±0.4 (2,933  ±705) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in East Orange: 2.4 68,153 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Essex County: 2.6 832,848 (±0 / ±509)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,642 ±238 Number of housing units
  • East Orange: 29,949 ±905
  • Essex County: 335,550 ±293

$288,800 ±$69,874 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in East Orange: $315,500 ±$16,568
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Essex County: $494,400 ±$6,316

3.6% ±2.9% (108  ±89) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in East Orange: 11.9% † 8,107 (±2.2% / ±1,472.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Essex County: 10.8% 91,445 (±0.6% / ±4,756.1)

Social

84.6% ±14.7% (1,854  ±475.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in East Orange: 87.5% 42,714 (±3.7% / ±2,089)
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 86.8% 499,938 (±1% / ±5,671.2)
27.2% ±10.9% (595  ±263.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in East Orange: 22.9% 11,170 (±2.1% / ±1,073.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 37.9% 218,230 (±0.6% / ±3,436.7)

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

22.9% ±11% (680  ±365) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in East Orange: 29.2% 20,195 (±2.1% / ±1,458)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 29.3% 250,406

1.5% ±1.8% (34  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in East Orange: 4.1% † 2,205 (±0.8% / ±445)
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 2.7% 17,386 (±0.2% / ±1,107)
34 Total veterans ±42 19 Male ±21 15 Female ±30

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