City safety & data profile

OrangeCT

Orange, CT is a 14K-resident city in South Central Connecticut Planning Region with a median household income of $142,325.

South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Orange, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Orange has a population larger than 23% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $491,500.

Data updated 2026-09-04

14K
Population (place)
Bottom 24%
By size
$142,325
Median income (place)
$491,500
Median home (place)
3.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Orange

Orange posts a median household income higher than 91% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 9%
by median income, US cities

Where Orange income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$142,325 Top 9% higher than 91% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Orange $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CT

Population among 35 CT places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Bridgeport is the largest CT city on this list; New Canaan leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CT

Median household income among the same 35-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows New Canaan posts the highest place-level median income in CT; Bridgeport is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Orange, CT beyond the headline numbers

Orange sits inside South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, at roughly 41.28°N, -73.03°W. Population 13,956, $142,325 median household income. Median home value $491,500, median rent $2,172. Poverty rate 3.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 3.9% of Orange, CT residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Orange costs roughly 3.5 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

15.6% of Orange workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 12.5% in Orange, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 45.6 years, Orange's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Orange from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
13,956
Orange · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$142,325
+59% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$491,500
+19% vs avg
Median Age (place)
45.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2022–2024

County-level trend (South Central Connecticut Planning Region): Orange's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20222024
Population
571K-0%
Median Income
$88,197+5%
Median Home Value
$353,100+14%
Poverty Rate
11.4%-3%
Unemployment
6%-2%

Economics

Economics indicators for Orange, CT
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,172/mo
Poverty Rate
3.9% -69% vs avg
Unemployment 3.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 59.4%
Work From Home 15.6%
Public Transit 0.8%

Population

White 80.8%
African American 4.7%
Asian 8.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
32.7%
Short Sleep Duration
32%
Obesity
27.6%
Physical Inactivity
19.9%
Binge Drinking
14.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
12.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.5%
Current Asthma
9.8%
Diabetes
9%
Current Smoking
7.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 79.1%
Annual Checkup 82.7%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
6%
Lack of Health Insurance
4.7%
Stroke
2.9%

What alerts and safety updates affect Orange?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Orange right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CT-ORANGE-CT · Orange

Orange: 13 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 13 on record
  • WX-LED 54% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · CPSC/FDA/NHTSA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Victoria

Tagged alert mix: Orange

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 13 tagged notices on record for Orange.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Victoria, TX (13 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Orange; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Connecticut state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (13 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Victoria, TX 13 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Orange, CT? ▼
Orange, CT has a population of 13,956 people, located in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut.
What is the median household income in Orange? ▼
The median household income in Orange, CT is $142,325 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 3.9%.
What is the median home value in Orange? ▼
The median home value in Orange, CT is $491,500. Median rent is $2,172/month.
What are the top health concerns in Orange? ▼
The top health indicators in Orange include High Blood Pressure (32.7%), Short Sleep Duration (32%), Obesity (27.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Orange? ▼
The median age in Orange, CT is 45.6 years. 59.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Orange, both outside Connecticut so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CT (3.9% here).

Carmel, IN 3.9% Chesterfield, MO 3.9% Bel Air South, MD 3.9% Potomac, MD 3.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CT ($142,325 here).

Saint James, NY $142,368 Aliso Viejo, CA $142,439 Palmetto Bay, FL $142,447 Brentwood, CA $142,494

Compare Orange with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Milford, CT 53K City of Milford (balance), CT 51K Derby, CT 13K Shelton, CT 41K West Haven, CT 55K Ansonia, CT 19K New Haven, CT 130K Seymour, CT 17K
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Using Orange's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Orange area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Orange against Connecticut peers on any ranking lens. Explore Connecticut

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (South Central Connecticut Planning Region) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.