How Newark is built — and why it changes the price
With roughly 13,142 people per square mile — about 317,000 residents across 24 square miles — Newark is dense enough that curb space, not truck space, is usually the limiting factor.
The housing stock in Newark is overwhelmingly vertical: 36% of homes sit in buildings of five units or more against 12% detached. Nothing here leaves the building without a corridor, a lift or a staircase in the way.
Renters occupy 76% of Newark homes, so the calendar matters — the end of a month moves more furniture out of this city than any other single cause. The median home here was built around 1966, when lifts were small and service entrances were an afterthought. Measuring the lift door before booking saves an argument later.
The nearest places we also cover are Jersey City (5.7 miles), New York (13 miles) and Stamford (41 miles). That is not trivia: a hauler finishing a job one town over is a short run from your kerb, and being close is the cheapest advantage a pro can have when bidding.