East Orange

Population & Demographics

East Orange, NJ

East Orange is home to 70,090 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 31,367 resident workers commute each day.

New JerseyCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
70,090
people
Population

70,090 residents

Median age 37.4 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

East Orange population & demographics

Who lives in East Orange — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
70,090
Median age
37.4yrs
Median household income
$60,830
Median home value
$365,900
Median gross rent
$1,441/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
22.6%
Poverty rate
16.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in East Orange

How East Orange breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Black78.0%
Hispanic or Latino11.0%
Two or more races6.5%
White1.9%
Asian1.2%
Some other race1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across East Orange

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across East Orange.

East Orange at a glance
Employed Residents
31,367
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
9.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
7.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Newark
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for East Orange proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How East Orange commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

29 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

East Orange

31,367 commutes, one dot at a time

East Orange

Where 31,367 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in East Orange, by worker count.

1Newark2.5 mi4,635
2New York15.9 mi3,265
3East Orange0.0 mi2,413
4Jersey City8.2 mi935
5Elizabeth7.1 mi857
6Secaucus8.0 mi429
7Morristown14.2 mi403
8Clifton7.7 mi342

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into East Orange.

1East Orange0.0 mi2,413
2Newark2.5 mi1,981
3New York15.9 mi333
4Jersey City8.2 mi298
5Elizabeth7.1 mi233
6Linden9.2 mi137
7Paterson10.7 mi128
8Clifton7.7 mi126

Top industries

The sectors that employ East Orange’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance45.7%
EDEducational Services13.2%
RTRetail Trade8.9%
PAPublic Administration8.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.5%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services2.8%
COConstruction2.6%
REReal Estate and Rental and Leasing1.8%
Connectivity

Internet options for East Orange

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

3 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps26%
8 Gbps26%
See all internet providers in East Orange

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