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Orange town, Franklin County, MA

7,573 Population
35.1 square miles 216 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 47.2 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$31,242 ±$2,922 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Franklin County: $42,563 ±$1,191
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$55,824 ±$9,852 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Franklin County: $74,907 ±$3,304
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

22.4% ±7.5% (1,692  ±563) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Franklin County: 12.1% † 8,472 (±1.3% / ±881)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

32.8 minutes ±4.1 (98,460  ±15,575) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Franklin County: 23.8 713,475 (±0.7 / ±27,707)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

3,033 ±208 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 31,570 ±357
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.5 ±0.2 (7,501  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.2 69,330 (±0 / ±37)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

12.8% ±8.7% (208  ±143) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Franklin County: 5% † 715 (±1.3% / ±191)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

3,390 ±198 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,528 ±118
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$245,900 ±$18,401 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Franklin County: $329,000 ±$5,825
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

5.5% ±2.6% (411  ±190.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 8.4% † 5,886 (±0.9% / ±648)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

92.2% ±7.2% (5,012  ±444.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 94.5% 51,386 (±2.2% / ±1,180.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
15.7% ±3.2% (851  ±178.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 40.6% 22,083 (±1.5% / ±790.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.6% ±1.6% (195  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 5% 3,541
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

7.4% ±2.3% (437  ±134) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 6.1% † 3,575 (±0.7% / ±393)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
437 Total veterans ±134 379 Male ±98 58 Female ±67

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