Draft_October 2025_West Orange_HEFSP_with Appendices

Township of West Orange October 2025 Essex County, New Jersey Draft Housing Element and Fair Share Plan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to the 2023 American Community Survey, West Orange has a high occupancy rate, with very few of their housing units vacant. Of West Orange’s 18,277 housing units, 17,440 (95.4%) were occupied and only 837 (4.6%) were vacant. Nearly two-thirds (60.9%) of vacant units could be attributed to the “Other Vacant” category, with “For Rent/Rented Not Occupied” making up another 30.5%, and “For Sale Only”, “Sold, Not Occupied”, and “For Seasonal, Recreational or Occasional Use” accounting for the remaining 8.6%. This data is represented in Table 13 below. Table 13: Housing Occupancy, 2023 West Orange % of Total Total Housing Units Total Housing Units 18,277 100.00% Occupied 17,440 95.4% Vacant Housing Units 837 4.6% For Rent/Rented Not Occupied 255 1.4% For Sale Only 25 0.1% Sold, not occupied 26 0.1% For Seasonal, Recreational or 21 0.1% Occasional Use For migrant workers 0 0.0% Other Vacant 510 2.8% Source: ACS 5-Year DP04 and B25004 23 % of Vacant Housing Units 100.0% 30.5% 3.0% 3.1% 2.5% 0.0% 60.9%