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Orange town, Franklin County, MA

7,644 Population
35.1 square miles 218 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 46.7 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$27,651 ±$1,964 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Franklin County: $35,908 ±$1,427
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$50,795 ±$6,678 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $60,950 ±$1,931
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

10.1% ±3% (761  ±229) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 9.7% 6,730 (±1% / ±656)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

29.1 minutes ±3.2 (96,085  ±13,373) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 24.9 823,455 (±0.6 / ±27,549)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

3,102 ±160 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 30,569 ±316
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.5 ±0.1 (7,588  ±51) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 69,010 (±0 / ±276)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

5.1% ±2.5% (86  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 4.9% † 716 (±1% / ±149)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

3,488 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,134 ±155
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$162,800 ±$8,688 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Franklin County: $232,100 ±$3,376
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

9.1% ±2.7% (683  ±205) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 10.8% 7,520 (±0.9% / ±640.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

89.6% ±6.5% (4,962  ±397) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 93.3% 49,574 (±2.1% / ±1,136)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
19.2% ±3.2% (1,064  ±181.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 37.3% 19,824 (±1.3% / ±706.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

3.6% ±1.3% (278  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 5.1% † 3,584 (±0.6% / ±413)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

10.4% ±2.1% (643  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 8.6% 5,017 (±0.6% / ±358)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
643 Total veterans ±130 606 Male ±121 37 Female ±33

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