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The Oranges: West East South Orange Neighborhood Information for Renters |
 South Orange is a small (about 6000 residents), upper middle class town that introduced Standard Time to the United States. In 1883, the railroads convened a General Time Convention to decide a unified time system to make the train system run smoothly and on time. Standard time came out of this convention, which the railroads adopted and which Congress finally sanctioned as the official US time standard in 1919. Seton Hall University is an active participant in the community. West Orange is a large (about 45,000 residents), middle class town made famous when Thomas Edison moved his invention factory here in 1887. Most of the town is in the Watchung Mountains. The Manor, a large catering hall and restaurant, is known in New Jersey as the swankiest place to hold your important dinners. East Orange is small-ish (18,000 residents) and lower-middle class close to Newark. It has a huge talent pool: Whitney Houston, Althea Gibson, Dionne Warwick, and Queen Latifah all hail from this vibrant community.
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South Orange - West Orange - East Orange: |
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| 16-24 |
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| 25-44 |
| 45-65 |
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Singles/families:
These towns are family-friendly. You'll have to live there a while to know where the singles scenes are.
Type of Housing:
East Orange is the most hospitable town for renters: 67% of the housing is renter-occupied. West and South Orange have between 25% - 30% renter-occupied housing. East Orange's housing stock is older than the other Oranges's housing. South Orange has the best stock, but it's also the most expensive.
Typical price range:
Studios: $650 - $900
1 BRs: $750 - $1000
2 Brs: $1000 - $1500
Transportation links to midtown/downtown:
NJ Transit Bus route #107 goes from South Orange to the Port Authority at 42nd St and 8th Ave.
NJ Transit has 5 train stations from South Orange to East Orange which go to the Secaucus Junction and to the Erie Lackawanna Trail Terminal in
Hoboken.
Estimated Commuter time to arrival:
By bus: about 1 hour.
By train: the routes are too varied to be able to give you an average travel time. Please go to the NJ Transit link below to check the schedules.
Links to other relevant websites:
NJ Transit
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