East Orange.
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New Jersey·Essex County
19 tracts·70K people·$366K median·17,846/mi²
Black 78 · Hispanic 11 · Multiracial 7 · White 2 · Other 1 · Asian 1
Living alone 40 · Other 36 · Married couple 24
Health 58 · Retail 12 · Public admin 9 · Professional 7 · Leisure 7 · Manufacturing 5 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 33 · Service 27 · Sales · office 19 · Production · transport 16 · Construction · maintenance 6
Drive alone 55 · Transit 20 · Carpool 12 · Work from home 10 · Walk 3 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in East Orange is $365,900 (Census ACS) — 0.8× the US median of $458,812.
East Orange has 70,090 residents across 19 census tracts and 17 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 37.4; the population is 78.0% Black, 11.0% Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% Multiracial, 1.9% White, 1.3% Other and 1.2% Asian; the average household has 2.4 people; 22.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 16.4% (Census ACS).
J. Garfield Jackson Sr. Academy (40%), Dionne Warwick Institute (35%) and Langston Hughes Elementary School (32%) lead the elementary schools; Pride Academy Charter School (51%), Patrick F. Healy Middle School (10%) and John L. Costley Middle School (9%) lead the middle schools; East Orange STEM Academy High School (42%), Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High School (31%) and East Orange Campus High School (11%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,441/month, 9% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in East Orange is $60,830 a year, 29% below the US median (Census ACS).
In East Orange, median rent is $1,441/month and the median home value is $365,900 (Census ACS).
East Orange reported 4.8 violent crimes and 19.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 84°F; winter lows average 26°F; there are 85 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 51 inches; snowfall averages 28 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in East Orange are heat wave (70), inland flooding (55) and strong wind (51), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.34g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In East Orange, 3.3% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).