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Place dossier plate
SheetCT-ORANGE-CT · Orange, CT 14,251 pop · income 93rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Orange
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Orange on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Storrs · lowest
33,125
Storrs · lowest
33,125 median HH income
22.7% of the leader · rank #1
Neshanic · near
145,592
Neshanic · near
145,592 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Orange · this city
145,625
Orange · this city
145,625 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Jefferson · near
145,664
Jefferson · near
145,664 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Navesink · near
145,708
Navesink · near
145,708 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Woods Creek · near
145,773
Woods Creek · near
145,773 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Greenwood · highest
145,781
Greenwood · highest
145,781 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Orange on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 14,251.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Orange - the verdict
Orange ranks in the 93rd percentile for household income and the 10th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
93rd
percentile, household income
83rd
percentile, home value
86th
percentile, median rent
10th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Orange, CT
Connecticut's Orange is a small town, with 14,251 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Orange households earn a median of $145,625 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.2%. Home values in Orange run a median of $466,800, and the median resident age is 45.5 years. 59.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 62.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Orange's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 3546.5 crimes per 100,000 residents, above the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Connecticut carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 103.6 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,955 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Connecticut's average monthly utility costs around $345 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 87.6 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Orange's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from reported crime to work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Orange, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Orange?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 3546.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 56% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
What does the journey to work look like in Orange?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Orange?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Which cities make useful reference points for Orange?
Within Connecticut, the closest population matches are Greenwich (14,528 residents, $136,154 income); Storrs (13,502 residents, $33,125 income); Windsor Locks (12,555 residents, $90,417 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Athens, TN (14,250 residents); Hidalgo, TX (14,250 residents); Jefferson, GA (14,249 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Orange?
The NCES join finds 5 public schools within the city match. 59.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
5
Bachelor's degree+
59.1%
Poverty estimate
3.2%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$145,625
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
59.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime A
42 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate B+
3.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
103.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Orange profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 95/100 (A+) · $145,625
Bachelor's+ share: 91/100 (A+) · 59.1%
Violent crime: 86/100 (A) · 42 /100k
Poverty rate: 77/100 (B+) · 3.2%
Cost of living: 24/100 (F) · 103.6 index
Where Orange sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Orange's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Orange highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Orange, CT (this city): home $466,800, crime 3,547/100k
Athens, TN : home $197,300, crime 4,288/100k
Hidalgo, TX : home $156,400, crime 1,590/100k
Jefferson, GA : home $346,800, crime 493/100k
Warrenville, IL : home $266,500, crime 741/100k
Greenwich, CT : home $1,486,100, crime 877/100k
Windsor Locks, CT : home $236,800, crime 1,087/100k
Derby, CT : home $242,300, crime 2,862/100k
Bethel, CT : home $377,500, crime 539/100k
Willimantic, CT : home $180,600, crime 990/100k
How does Orange compare to other US cities?
Orange measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income93% higher than other cities
Home value83% pricier than other cities
Median rent86% pricier than other cities
Safety10% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Connecticut alone, Orange ranks #46 of 47 Connecticut cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Orange against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Connecticut only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Connecticut-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Orange near the bottom of Connecticut's cities
Among the 207 Connecticut cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Orange ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Orange only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#53 of 198
73rd percentile in Connecticut
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 207
0th percentile in Connecticut
Median Home Value
#65 of 201
68th percentile in Connecticut
Poverty Rate
#94 of 204
54th percentile in Connecticut
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#74 of 207
64th percentile in Connecticut
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Connecticut only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
93rd percentile nationally for median household income · 10th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Orange's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Orange's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Orange's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$466,80017th percentilemore affordable than 17% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. 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 ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Orange's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,726 of 15,516
More affordable than 50% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,181 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.2×, Orange sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,726 of 15,516 and #1,181 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$145,625Orange, CT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Orange, CT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Orange, CT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)59.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
14,251
Median Income
$145,625
Median Home Value
$466,800
Median Age
45.5
Poverty Rate
3.2%
Labor force participation
62.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
59.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
3546.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
41.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
3504.7
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
5
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
74.1%
Carpool
8.6%
Public Transit
1.2%
Walk
1.1%
Work from Home
13.9%
Other
1.1%
Based on 6,925 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Connecticut statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $345
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Connecticut at $345 (electricity about $175 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are Connecticut statewide averages, not a meter reading for Orange. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Connecticut's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.6 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Orange is $1,955/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Connecticut statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 87.6 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Connecticut statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Orange sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Orange compares to similar-size Connecticut cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.