Orange County, Vermont

Orange County has a population of 29,761 and has grown 2.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $271,300, about 3.3 times the county's median household income of $82,232.

Home price
$271,300
Income
$82,232
Population
29,761
Unemployment
2.3%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$271,300county
Median gross rent$1,173county
Median year homes here were built1978county
Share of homes built before 198053.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile9.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant15.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented16.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use10.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,837(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,362county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,167county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,757county
Home insurance / yr$1,063(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living113.6(statewide)
Median household income$82,232county
Family health premium / yr$25,901(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$18,836(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.133(statewide)
Poverty rate9.3%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home15.4%county
Unemployment rate2.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force63.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed9.3%county
Share of workers employed by government17.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry32.7%county
Economic output per resident$39,919county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.66%county
Top state income tax8.75%(statewide)
Capital gains tax8.75%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.43%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time26.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service26 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport10934county
Miles to nearest general aviation field10 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station14 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.9%county
Traffic deaths20.2county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-6.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher38.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.8%county
Public schools in the county19county
Public school enrollment3532county
Students per full-time teacher9.9county
Free lunch eligible55.5%county
Elementary schools13county
Middle schools2county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution11 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians81county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here5county
Fine particulate matter5.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.4%county
Frequent mental distress14.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity17.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes8.6%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population29,761county
Land area in square miles687county
People per square mile of land43.3county
Supermarkets and grocery stores9county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store4.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+2.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age46.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1817.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over23.6%county
Share of households that are one person30.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.1%county
Second languages2.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls10.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents174county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents1county
Households that moved in909county
Households that moved away916county
Average income of arriving households$66,425county
Average income of departing households$59,221county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year46county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings19.6%county
Violent crime rate219(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature43.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation39.9 incounty
Annual snowfall71.5 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.63 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F4 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing183 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days141 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 14county
Average first fall frostOct 2county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$129county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh22.1¢county
Household electricity use586 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.60(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity4.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas1.2%county
Homes heated by propane25.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil39.2%county
Homes heated by wood25.6%county
Households with broadband88.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk50.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk83.0county
Hail risk9.4county
Earthquake risk37.8county
Tornado risk13.3county
Tropical cyclone risk65.5county
Extreme heat risk36.7county
Winter weather risk53.9county
Strong wind risk24.9county
Wildfire risk17.2county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Orange County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Vermont figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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