East Orange vs Watsessing

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

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

East Orange has the higher population (69,183 vs 7,944 in Watsessing). Watsessing has the higher median household income ($94,301 vs $59,872 in East Orange). Watsessing has the higher median home value ($418,500 vs $315,500 in East Orange).

Population, income & housing

	East Orange	Watsessing
Population	69,183	7,944
Median age	37.0 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,872	$94,301
Median home value	$315,500	$418,500
Median gross rent	$1,372	$1,997
Housing units	29,949	3,737
Homeownership rate	27.4%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Orange	Watsessing
Population	64,374 → 69,183 (+7.5%)	7,094 → 7,944 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$48,072 → $59,872 (+24.5%)	$72,681 → $94,301 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$219,300 → $315,500 (+43.9%)	$324,700 → $418,500 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,114 → $1,372 (+23.2%)	$1,559 → $1,997 (+28.1%)

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

Watsessing

Population

7,0947,944

Median household income

$72,681$94,301

Median home value

$324,700$418,500

Median gross rent

$1,559$1,997

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Orange	Watsessing
Under 5	6.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	8.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	17.9%	22.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.6%
75 and over	6.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Orange	Watsessing
White (non-Hispanic)	1.9%	34.4%
Black or African American	79.0%	32.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	23.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Orange	Watsessing
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	35.1%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Orange	Watsessing
Drove alone	56.6%	54.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.7%
Public transit	20.0%	16.5%
Walked	4.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	19.9%
Other means	5.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Orange	Watsessing
1-unit, detached	18.3%	23.7%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	26.0%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	38.1%	42.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Orange	Watsessing
Poverty rate	17.6%	7.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1957	1956