Estimated median household income in 2007: $41,482
| This zip code: | $41,482 | | New Jersey: | $67,035 |
Nearest zip codes: 07018, 07107, 07050, 07028, 07103, 07003.
Housing units in zip code 07017 with a mortgage: 2,152 (351 second mortgage, 174 home equity loan, 23 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 506
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $2,048
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $819
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 19.0% | | Whole state: | 8.6% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 7.0% | | Whole state: | 3.9% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 7.1 | | State: | 6.6 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 3.3 | | State: | 3.8 |
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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Churches in zip code 07017 include: Arlington Avenue Presbyterian Church (A), Saint Paul's Episcopal Church (B), Sharey Tefilo Synagogue (C), Bethel Presbyterian Church (D), Grace Methodist Episcopal Church (E), Grace Union African Methodist Episcopal Church (F), Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses (G), Mount Olive Baptist Church (H), Our Lady Help of the Christians Catholic Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: East Orange Main Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
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Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 69
- 1995 to 1998: 205
- 1990 to 1994: 202
- 1980 to 1989: 968
- 1970 to 1979: 1,782
- 1960 to 1969: 2,721
- 1950 to 1959: 3,028
- 1940 to 1949: 2,496
- 1939 or earlier: 4,627
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in East Orange, NJ (07017): |
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- no bedroom: 24
- 1 bedrooms: 174
- 2 bedrooms: 787
- 3 bedrooms: 1,252
- 4 bedrooms: 867
- 5 or more bedrooms: 1,042
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 1,178
- 1 bedrooms: 5,044
- 2 bedrooms: 2,982
- 3 bedrooms: 1,002
- 4 bedrooms: 210
- 5 or more bedrooms: 128
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Vehicles available in 07017 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 363
- 1 vehicle: 1,682
- 2 vehicles: 1,410
- 3 vehicles: 526
- 4 vehicles: 92
- 5 or more vehicles: 73
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 4,865
- 1 vehicle: 4,478
- 2 vehicles: 1,034
- 3 vehicles: 123
- 4 vehicles: 0
- 5 or more vehicles: 44
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $327,380.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $258,035
- Black or African American householders: $276,295
- American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $881,711
- Asian householders: $345,206
- Some other race householders: $281,077
- Two or more races householders: $261,513
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $320,424
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $276,513 (it was $127,200 in 2000)
| 07017: | $276,513 | | New Jersey: | $372,300 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $211,400 - $353,500
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $305,750| Here: | $305,750 | | State: | $452,919 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $214,498| Here: | $214,498 | | State: | $310,364 |
In 2-unit structures: $294,489| Here: | $294,489 | | State: | $429,538 |
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $364,956| Here: | $364,956 | | State: | $371,779 |
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $64,226| Here: | $64,226 | | State: | $309,003 |
Mobile homes: $137,500| Here: | $137,500 | | State: | $53,584 |
Owners and renters by unit type in %
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Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,057
- One, attached: 556
- Two: 1,937
- 3 or 4: 2,216
- 5 to 9: 660
- 10 to 19: 1,079
- 20 to 49: 2,955
- 50 or more: 3,623
- Mobile homes: 15

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 8,282 (54%)
- Carpooled: 2,356 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2,993 (19%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 8 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 283 (2%)
- Railroad: 520 (3%)
- Taxi: 103 (1%)
- Bicycle: 129 (1%)
- Walked: 391 (3%)
- Other means: 113 (1%)
- Worked at home: 265 (2%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 141
- 5 to 9 minutes: 531
- 10 to 14 minutes: 1558
- 15 to 19 minutes: 1718
- 20 to 24 minutes: 2633
- 25 to 29 minutes: 1031
- 30 to 34 minutes: 2600
- 35 to 39 minutes: 339
- 40 to 44 minutes: 489
- 45 to 59 minutes: 1854
- 60 to 89 minutes: 1512
- 90 or more minutes: 772
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 55.7%
Household type by relationship
Households: 38,762
- In family households: 32,132 (4,090 male householders, 4,932 female householders)
3,988 spouses, 12,150 children (11,372 natural, 281 adopted, 497 stepchildren), 2,117 grandchildren, 870 brothers or sisters, 493 parents, 1,891 other relatives, 1,601 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 6,630 (2,289 male householders (1,909 living alone)), 3,423 female householders (3,097 living alone)), 918 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 776 (485 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,860 2-persons, 2,312 3-persons, 1,716 4-persons, 1,069 5-persons, 704 6-persons, 361 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 5,006 1-person, 601 2-persons, 61 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.
3,557 married couples with children.
4,738 single-parent households (760 men, 3,978 women).
84.1% of residents of 07017 zip code speak English at home.
6.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% very well, 20% well, 14% not well, 7% not at all).
7.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% very well, 28% well, 15% not well, 1% not at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (79% very well, 12% well, 9% not well).
2.1% of residents speak other language at home (92% very well, 4% well, 4% not well).
Foreign born population: 7,055 (17.9%)
(51.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 17.9% | | Whole state: | 17.5% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Haiti (23%)
- Jamaica (22%)
- Guyana (15%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (7%)
- Dominican Republic (6%)
- Other Caribbean (5%)
- Nigeria (4%)
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Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 1,426
- 1990 to 1994: 1,264
- 1985 to 1989: 1,346
- 1980 to 1984: 1,126
- 1975 to 1979: 716
- 1970 to 1974: 675
- 1970 to 1974: 325
- 1965 to 1969: 177
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White population: 1,754
Black population: 34,872
American Indian population: 93
Asian population: 196
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 31
Some other race population: 941
Two or more races population: 1,579

First ancestries reported:
|  Other groups: 23431 |
|  West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 4284 |
|  Haitian: 1824 |
|  Jamaican: 1605 |
|  Subsaharan African:: 1598 |
|  Guyanese: 1025 |
|  African: 959 |
|  United States or American: 613 |
|  Nigerian: 361 |
|  Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 313 |
|  Irish: 246 |
|  West Indian: 219 |
|  Italian: 163 |
|  British West Indian: 157 |
|  Ghanian: 123 |
|  English: 95 |
|  Barbadian: 88 |
|  Arab:: 87 |
|  German: 76 |
|  Ethiopian: 67 |
|  Belizean: 59 |
|  Other Subsaharan African: 46 |
|  British: 40 |
|  Egyptian: 39 |
|  Liberian: 35 |
|  Arab/Arabic: 33 |
|  Polish: 31 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 26 |
|  Serbian: 23 |
|  French Canadian: 21 |
|  Hungarian: 21 |
|  Welsh: 18 |
|  European: 18 |
|  Canadian: 16 |
|  Dutch: 14 |
|  Israeli: 13 |
|  Scottish: 11 |
|  Brazilian: 11 |
|  Jordanian: 10 |
|  Bahamian: 10 |
|  Bermudan: 9 |
|  Ukrainian: 8 |
|  Sudanese: 7 |
|  Northern European: 6 |
|  Belgian: 6 |
|  Moroccan: 5 |
|  Finnish: 5 |
|  Lithuanian: 4 |

Public primary/middle schools in zip code 07017 not listed on the city page:- EAST ORANGE COMMUNITY CS (Students: 485; Location: 682 PARK AVENUE, EAST ORANGE, NJ; Grades: KG - 04)
- GORDON PARKS ACADEMY (Students: 437; Location: 98 GREENWOOD AVE, EAST ORANGE, NJ; Grades: PK - 06)
- FOURTH AVENUE SCHOOL (Students: 348; Location: 199 4TH AVENUE, EAST ORANGE, NJ; Grades: KG - 05)
- J GARFIELD JACKSON SR ACD (Students: 333; Location: 106 PROSPECT STREET, EAST ORANGE, NJ; Grades: 01 - 05)
- M B GARVIN MICROSOCIETY S (Students: 302; Location: 1 GROVE PLACE, EAST ORANGE, NJ; Grades: PK - 05)
- JOHNNIE L COCHRAN JR ACAD (Students: 276; Location: 190 MIDLAND AVENUE, EAST ORANGE, NJ; Grades: KG - 05)
- WAHLSTROM EARLY CHLD ACAD (Students: 195; Location: 340 PROSPECT STREET, EAST ORANGE, NJ; Grades: PK - KG)
- ALTHEA GIBSON E C E ACD (Students: 189; Location: 490 WILLIAM STREET, EAST ORANGE, NJ; Grades: PK - KG)
Median worth of mobile homes: $0
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Utility gas (50%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 22162
- Northeast: 2329
- Midwest: 349
- South: 6736
- West: 163
59% of the 07017 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in New Jersey.
Population in 1990: 41,737. Population change in the 1990s: -2,271 (-5.4%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 849
| Here: | 16.2% | | New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 430
| Here: | 17.8% | | New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 628
| Here: | 31.3% | | New Jersey: | 30.1% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
- ARTHUR MCCLENDON (47 WOODLAND AVE in EAST ORANGE, NJ): $621,560 in 20 contracts from 2001 to 2005
Contracts for Other Transportation Travel and Relocation Services, Motor Passenger Services, Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Miscellaneous, Transport Vessels-Passenger And Troop, and more by Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only, Army Signed by year: 2000: $0; 2001: $97,000; 2002: $197,600; 2003: $201,560; 2004: $50,400; 2005: $75,000; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$100,800 with Department of Veterans Affairs for Other Transportation Travel and Relocation Services. Taking place in NY. Signed on 2003-10-01. Completion date: 2004-09-30.
$99,960 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Motor Passenger Services. Taking place in NY. Signed on 2003-09-24. Completion date: 2004-09-30.
$99,600 with Department of Veterans Affairs for Other Transportation Travel and Relocation Services. Taking place in NY. Signed on 2002-10-15. Completion date: 2004-09-15.
$98,000 with Department of Veterans Affairs for Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Miscellaneous. Taking place in NY. Signed on 2002-09-15. Completion date: 2002-09-15.
- BLIND DETECTIVE AGENCY (44 NEW ST STE 3 in EAST ORANGE, NJ; small business): $251,315 in 7 contracts from 1999 to 2000
Contracts for Surveillance Services, Miscellaneous Items by Air Force, Defense Logistics Agency Signed by year: 2000: $166,474; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $0; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$75,643 with Air Force for Surveillance Services. Signed on 2000-05-18. Completion date: 2000-09-30.
$54,902, same as above. Signed on 2000-03-01. Completion date: 2000-05-29.
$53,872, same as above. Signed on 1999-10-22. Completion date: 1999-12-31.
$53,872, same as above. Signed on 1999-10-22. Completion date: 1999-12-31.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (100-249 employees: 3 establishments, 10-19 employees: 1 establishment)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Vocational Rehabilitation Services (250-499: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Child Day Care Services (50-99: 1, 20-49: 4, 10-19: 2, 5-9: 4, 1-4: 5)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Home Health Care Services (100-249: 1, 10-19: 1)
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Security Guards and Patrol Services (100-249: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Utilities: Electric Power Distribution (100-249: 1)
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (100-249: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Temporary Shelters (50-99: 2)
- Information: Wired Telecommunications Carriers (50-99: 1, 20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
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People in group quarters
- 443 people in nursing homes
- 85 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 83 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 50 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 46 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 31 people in other group homes
- 16 people in religious group quarters
- 11 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Fatal accident statistics in 2006
- Fatal accident count: 1
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 1
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 0
- Fatalities: 1
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 2
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
Fatal accident statistics in 2005
- Fatal accident count: 1
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 2
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 0
- Fatalities: 1
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 1
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) statistics
Number of bridges: 50
Total length: 4,325 meters
Total costs: 4,785,000 $
Total average daily traffic: 1,481,365
Total average daily truck traffic: 256
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- Built before 1900: 1
- Built in 1900-1910: 3
- Built in 1910-1920: 2
- Built in 1920-1930: 1
- Built in 1930-1940: 3
- Built in 1940-1950: 0
- Built in 1950-1960: 8
- Built in 1960-1970: 0
- Built in 1970-1980: 3
- Built in 1980-1990: 2
- Built in 1990-2000: 27
- Built in 2000-2010: 0
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