East Orange, New Jersey

East Orange population, 2020 to 2024

East Orange added 2,431 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +1,110. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 38th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so East Orange is 6.4 times that size.

East Orange covers 3.93 square miles of land, for 18,282 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so East Orange is denser than the typical town.

What county East Orange is in

All of East Orange's residents live in Essex County, which had 881,527 residents in 2024. East Orange holds 8.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in East Orange

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap East Orange by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 07017, 07018. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where East Orange is

The Census internal point of East Orange is at 40.765100, -74.211700. Trenton, the capital, is 47.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Newark, NJ (317,303 people), 3.5 miles away.

Daylight in East Orange

At 40.77° N, East Orange gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near East Orange

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is East Newark, 2.7 miles away, with 2,539 people.