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East Orange city, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
East Orange city is a Census city of 70,090 people across 3.93 square miles of land, in Essex County. Median household income is $60,830, 31.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 54 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $12.6 m.
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East Orange
What East Orange is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.93 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land17,846
- County holding the largest share of its areaEssex County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Orange
How many people live in East Orange
- Population70,090
- Median age37.4
- Population under 1815,190
- Share under 1821.7 percent
- Population 65 and over10,805
- Share 65 and over15.4 percent
- Households28,328
- Family households15,221
- Share of households that are families53.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Orange
Income and work in East Orange
- Median household income$60,830
- Per capita income$33,200
- Civilian labor force36,914
- Employed33,531
- Unemployed3,383 plus or minus 720
- Unemployment rate9.2 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over50,058
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Orange
Housing in East Orange
- Housing units29,921
- Occupied units28,328
- Vacant units1,593 plus or minus 349
- Vacancy rate5.3 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Owner occupied8,791
- Renter occupied19,537
- Ownership rate31.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$365,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,441
- Annual rent as a share of median income28.4 percent
- Single family units7,199
- Share single family24.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more22,705
- Share in buildings of two or more75.9 percent
- Mobile homes17 plus or minus 27
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Orange
How East Orange gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute29,148
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,612
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more15,223
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more52.2 percent
- Drove alone55.4 percent
- Carpooled5.9 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Public transport20.3 percent
- Walked3.2 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home9.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Orange
SBA loans in East Orange (7(a))
- Approvals54
- Gross approval$12,584,900
- Average approval$233,054
- Median approval$71,200
- Ninetieth percentile approval$518,000
- Largest approval$1,925,000
- Jobs supported305
- Jobs per approval5.6
- Loans with a final outcome11
- Paid in full7
- Charged off4
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans36.4 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.1 percent
- Share to franchises1.9 percent
- Distinct lenders18
- Distinct industries by NAICS39
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
East Orange
SBA loans in East Orange (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$3,272,000
- Average approval$1,090,667
- Median approval$568,000
- Largest approval$2,448,000
- Jobs supported115
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Essex County, not East Orange
Essex County context, not East Orange figures
These are Essex County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as East Orange measurements.
- Establishments in Essex County19,392
- Employment at those establishments, Essex County295,575
- Covered employment, Essex County349,076
- Average annual pay, Essex County$88,369
- Average weekly wage, Essex County$1,699
- Housing units permitted, Essex County3,827
- Of those, single family, Essex County298
- County product, 2024, Essex County$76,179,529,000
- County product change over the prior year, Essex County6.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Essex County$106,064
Every figure in this section is published for Essex County as a whole and is not a measurement of East Orange. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
East Orange questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in East Orange, New Jersey?
70,090, in 28,328 households. East Orange city covers 3.93 square miles of land, which is 17,846 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is East Orange in?
Essex County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in East Orange?
$60,830. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $365,900. Median gross rent is $1,441 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to East Orange businesses?
54 7(a) approvals totalling $12.6 m, across 18 lenders, median approval $71,200, plus 3 504 approvals worth $3.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in East Orange, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to East Orange borrowers get paid back?
Of the 11 loans that have reached a final outcome, 7 were paid in full and 4 charged off, a charge off rate of 36.4 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page East Orange figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Essex County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of East Orange.
Is zoning published for East Orange?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.