East Orange is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 71,850 people and 19 associated neighborhoods, East Orange is the 14th largest community in New Jersey.East Orange is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, East Orange is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in East Orange who work in office and administrative support (12.37%), healthcare suport services (8.67%), and management occupations (7.00%). Also of interest is that East Orange has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in East Orange telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.12% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In East Orange, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.85 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the city is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot. East Orange has a lot of people who ride the bus to and from work. In fact, for its size, East Orange has quite a high level of public transit users. East Orange’s need for inexpensive transportation options for its citizens is quite high.The education level of East Orange citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.89% of adults in East Orange have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in East Orange in 2022 was $32,796, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,184 for a family of four. However, East Orange contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. East Orange is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call East Orange home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Orange residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in East Orange include Jamaican, Haitian, Guyanese, Nigerian, and African. In addition, East Orange has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (29.19%). The most common language spoken in East Orange is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
