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East Orange, NJ

71,844 Population
3.9 square miles 18,292.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±3.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,805 ±$2,488 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,724 ±$410
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
$65,313 ±$12,372 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,852 ±$781
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997

14% ±3.7% (9,837  ±2,636) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.5% 2,457,925 (±0.3% / ±48,416)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)

35.4 minutes ±2.3 (1,032,795  ±79,537) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 35.6 281,580,540 (±0.1 / ±916,581)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

29,947 ±2,938 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,486,828 ±18,178
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
2.4 ±0.2 (70,752  ±89) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,506,840 (±0 / ±6,880)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098

2.8% ±2.5% (492  ±455) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.7% 223,867 (±0.2% / ±9,782)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)

Housing

31,661 ±3,084 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,129,556 ±3,255
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877

$372,600 ±$34,119 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $648,800 ±$2,533
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982

10% ±4% (7,131  ±2,880.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8.6% 1,701,255 (±0.2% / ±37,632.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)

Social

82% ±7.7% (43,473  ±4,688.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.5% 12,364,968 (±0.4% / ±61,462.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
25.8% ±5% (13,689  ±2,725.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 45% 6,366,678 (±0.3% / ±42,862.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)

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

42.1% ±6% (30,262  ±4,277) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.8% 6,143,359
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424

5.2% ±2.1% (3,029  ±1,251) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.4% 386,034 (±0.1% / ±10,262)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
3,029 Total veterans ±1,251 2,811 Male ±1,205 218 Female ±263

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