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South Orange-Maplewood School District, NJ

43,633 Population
6.7 square miles 6,493.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 37.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$76,630 ±$3,750 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $45,946 ±$713
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$171,029 ±$9,461 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Essex County: $73,785 ±$1,477
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

4.4% ±1.1% (1,792  ±453) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Essex County: 15% 125,228 (±0.6% / ±4,607)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

37.9 minutes ±1.3 (649,125  ±37,506) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 33.8 11,698,175 (±0.4 / ±188,019)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

14,177 ±496 Number of households
  • Essex County: 312,942 ±1,020
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.9 ±0.1 (41,037  ±170) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.7 831,554 (±0 / ±577)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

4.6% ±1.3% (500  ±139) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 5.5% 11,475 (±0.5% / ±992)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

14,748 ±501 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 334,136 ±252
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$685,400 ±$23,969 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $466,500 ±$5,655
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

12.2% ±1.8% (5,278  ±,763.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 10.9% 91,694 (±0.5% / ±4,101.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

96.5% ±3.4% (26,505  ±1,110.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 86.9% 498,286 (±1% / ±5,694.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
71.6% ±2.9% (19,670  ±,921.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Essex County: 37.4% 214,364 (±0.6% / ±3,420.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

18% ±1.8% (7,839  ±787) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 29% 247,376
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

2.2% ±0.7% (711  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 2.8% 17,928 (±0.2% / ±1,121)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
711 Total veterans ±221 665 Male ±222 46 Female ±42

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