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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Housing Type and Size In 2023, single-family detached housing made up the vast majority of the Township’s housing stock at 54.7%. Twenty or more-unit housing was the next most common housing type, representing 12.2% of the Township’s housing stock. The median number of rooms within housing structures in the Township was 6.3, with nearly 63% of housing units having a minimum of 6 rooms and less than 8% of housing units having 2 or less rooms. Table 14: Housing Type and Size, 2023 West Orange Units in Structure Total Percent 1, detached 9,993 54.7% 1, attached 1,624 8.9% 2 1,983 10.8% 3 or 4 1,197 6.5% 5 to 9 521 2.9% 10 to 19 610 3.3% 20 or more 2,234 12.2% Mobile home 51 0.3% Boat, RV, van, etc. 64 0.4% Total Housing Units 18,277 100.00% Rooms Total Percent 1 room 824 4.5% 2 rooms 638 3.5% 3 rooms 1,325 7.2% 4 rooms 1,734 9.5% 5 rooms 2,295 12.6% 6 rooms 2,788 15.3% 7 rooms 3,089 16.9% 8 rooms 2,038 11.2% 9 or more rooms 3,546 19.4% Total Housing Units 18,277 100.00% Median number of rooms 6.3 Source: 2023 ACS 5-Year Estimates, Tables DP04 and B25024 24