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South Orange, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for South Orange, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 16,316. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SOUTH-ORANGE-NJ · South Orange, NJ 1 ZIPs · 16,316 pop · #274/25278 · Essex County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $195,417
  • RANK-TOP #274/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Montclair
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 65% owners
  • POP-TOWN 16,316
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $866,600

Nearest income peer: Montclair, NJ ( $8,993 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around South Orange

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest South Orange on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, South Orange, NJ sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 1%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
16,316
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$195,417
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $195,417 and home value $866,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 77.1%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (65.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating South Orange as a pure owner town.

Within New Jersey, Basking Ridge is the closest lower-income city and Fanwood the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for South Orange.

Population concentration

South Orange reads through its lone ZIP, 07079

16,316 ACS residents, one ZIP: 07079 is not the leading code inside South Orange, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into South Orange's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 476 establishments, 6,799 employees , annual payroll $269,817k (~29 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 07079 (476 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (84) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in South Orange, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Essex County, which covers 31 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in South Orange. See the Essex County roll-up →

South Orange sits in the upper half of Essex County on income: Newark, East Orange and Irvington report less, while Livingston reports more. Newark marks the far end of that range at $48,814, 75% below South Orange.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
07079 16,316 $195,417 476 2,211
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South Orange roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving South Orange, .