East Orange vs Newark

A side-by-side comparison of East Orange and Newark: population, income, housing, and more.

East Orange and Newark are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newark has the higher population (307,188 vs 69,183 in East Orange). East Orange has the higher median household income ($59,872 vs $48,416 in Newark). Newark has the higher median home value ($337,800 vs $315,500 in East Orange).

Population, income & housing

	East Orange	Newark
Population	69,183	307,188
Median age	37.0 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,872	$48,416
Median home value	$315,500	$337,800
Median gross rent	$1,372	$1,330
Housing units	29,949	121,604
Homeownership rate	27.4%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Orange	Newark
Population	64,374 → 69,183 (+7.5%)	281,054 → 307,188 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$48,072 → $59,872 (+24.5%)	$35,199 → $48,416 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$219,300 → $315,500 (+43.9%)	$245,200 → $337,800 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,114 → $1,372 (+23.2%)	$1,085 → $1,330 (+22.6%)

East Orange

Population

64,37469,183

Median household income

$48,072$59,872

Median home value

$219,300$315,500

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,372

Newark

Population

281,054307,188

Median household income

$35,199$48,416

Median home value

$245,200$337,800

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,330

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Orange	Newark
Under 5	6.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.4%
25 to 34	17.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.8%
75 and over	6.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Orange	Newark
White (non-Hispanic)	1.9%	9.3%
Black or African American	79.0%	45.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	2.5%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	37.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Orange	Newark
No high school diploma	12.5%	22.8%
High school graduate	35.1%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Orange	Newark
Drove alone	56.6%	50.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	11.0%
Public transit	20.0%	18.6%
Walked	4.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.1%	6.1%
Other means	5.5%	8.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Orange	Newark
1-unit, detached	18.3%	11.5%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	26.0%	40.9%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	14.5%
20 or more units	38.1%	21.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	East Orange	Newark
Poverty rate	17.6%	24.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1957	1966