One downside of living in East Orange is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In East Orange, the average commute to work is 33.30 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In addition, it is also a pedestrian-friendly city. Many of East Orange’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
Like elsewhere in America, most people in East Orange use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of East Orange‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
The population of East Orange overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in East Orange, 21.46% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in East Orange in 2022 was $30,503, 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 $122,012 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 White. East Orange also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.46% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in East Orange include Jamaican, Haitian, Guyanese, Nigerian, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of East Orange's cultural character, accounting for 30.04% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in East Orange is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
