In East Orange, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.30 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.
For the size of the city, public transportation in East Orange is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For East Orange, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.
The education level of East Orange citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.46% of adults in East Orange 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.
In addition, East Orange has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (30.04%).
The most common language spoken in East Orange is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
