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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The occupational breakdown shown in Table 26 below includes only private wage and salary workers. Township residents who worked within the private wage field concentrated heavily in Management, Business, Science, and Arts occupations as well as Sales and Office occupations. Collectively, the two fields accounted for just over 71.7% of the entire resident workforce over the age of 16. Table 26: Resident Employment by Occupation, 2023 West Orange Employed Civilian population 16 years and over Management, business, science and arts occupations Service occupations Sales and office occupations Natural resources, construction and maintenance occupations Production Transportation and material moving occupations Number 25,493 13,547 3,422 4,748 1,595 2,181 Percent 100.0% 53.1% 13.4% 18.6% 6.3% 8.6% Source: 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table DP03 As portrayed in Table 27, the industry that employed the greatest number of West Orange residents in 2023 was the Educational Services, and Health Care and Social Assistance sector, which accounted for 27.7% of the Township’s resident workforce. The second most common industry during this time was the Professional, Scientific, and Management, and Administrative and Waste Management Services sector, which accounted for 16.5% of jobs occupied by Township residents. Table 27: Employment by Industry, 2023 West Orange Industry Employed Civilian Population 16 Years and Over Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, mining Construction Manufacturing Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Transportation and Warehousing, and Utilities Information Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services Educational services, and health care and social assistance Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services Other Services, except public administration Public administration Source: 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table

ts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services Other Services, except public administration Public administration Source: 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table DP03 33 Number 25,493 14 1,392 1,596 395 2,302 1,363 1,204 2,224 Percent 100.00% 0.1% 5.5% 6.3% 1.5% 9.0% 5.3% 4.7% 8.7% 4,216 16.5% 7,070 1,717 958 1,042 27.7% 6.7% 3.8% 4.1%