East Newark is home to 2,497 people in New Jersey. Owners hold 29% of the housing stock. 60% of people here were born outside the United States. 40.6% of people here live below the federal poverty line. That trails the New Jersey median by roughly 53%. Density works out to 24,243 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $48,646, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
24% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 63%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about East Newark
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate9.2% → 40.6%(+31.3 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
White share60.4% → 19.2%(−41.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share35.1% → 66.2%(+31.1 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)27.4%(17)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era0%(0)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 62 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
East Newark, decade by decade
East Newark population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
2,157
$74,669
$282,248
5.4%
63.9
2000
2,377
$80,794
$288,914
13.2%
71.6
2010
2,406
$78,721
$523,927
15.0%
67.2
2020
2,594
$73,732
$384,580
21.1%
70.2
2024
2,497
$48,646
$470,300
23.7%
64.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
