Geographic-scope notice: South Orange is not a separately-incorporated place in the U.S. Census Bureau's Place geography – it is either a neighborhood within a larger municipality (in Essex County) or a town-class subdivision in a state where the Census reports demographics at the town rather than place level. To avoid presenting county-level aggregates as city-level data, this page does not show synthetic Census or health figures for South Orange. For the surrounding county aggregates, see the New Jersey state directory.
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South OrangeNJ
South Orange, NJ (in Essex County) is not a Census Place. Areazine keeps this area page for alerts and navigation, without a place-level population or demographic snapshot.
Essex County, New Jersey. South Orange has no Census Place boundary in the ACS geography Areazine uses, so this page does not invent a population or income figure for the named area. Use the state directory for surrounding county aggregates and the alerts below when the area appears in a federal feed.
Data updated 2026-09-03
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Reading South Orange, NJ beyond the headline numbers
South Orange sits inside Essex County, New Jersey, at roughly 40.75°N, -74.26°W. The Census Bureau does not publish a Place-level population for South Orange, so Areazine does not invent one; county aggregates live on the New Jersey state directory.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for South Orange from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
What alerts and safety updates affect South Orange?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for South Orange right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
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South Orange: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to South Orange; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse New Jersey state hubs · Methodology
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Using South Orange's profile
Use this page for area alerts and navigation, not as a Census Place demographic report for South Orange.
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South Orange is not a Census Place in ACS geography. Areazine does not invent a place-level population or income figure here; county aggregates and peer Places live on the state and cities directories.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Essex County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. South Orange is not a Census Place; this page does not invent place-level population or demographics. County aggregates and peer Places are linked from the state and cities directories. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.