East Orange is a city of 70,090 people in New Jersey. Owners hold 31% of the housing stock. 32% of locals were born outside the United States. There are 17,844 people per square mile. Households here earn about 41% less than in New Jersey as a whole. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 23% of adults.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $60,830, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 37.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 60%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about East Orange
What changed most since 1990
White share6.3% → 1.9%(−4.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share89.3% → 78.0%(−11.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree14.7% → 22.7%(+8.0 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
East Orange's population equals 8.1% of Essex County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 4.8% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 5.0% of the county's.
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)33.3%(686)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.1%(290)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era26.2%(540)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.3%(88)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,058 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 Orange, decade by decade
East Orange 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
73,552
$64,346
$265,448
14.7%
24.7
2000
69,824
$58,923
$228,436
15.0%
27.1
2010
64,270
$58,058
$370,864
16.8%
30.2
2020
69,612
$61,802
$273,921
20.0%
45.6
2024
70,090
$60,830
$365,900
22.7%
46.7
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.
