About Orange

Orange is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 3,236 people and just one neighborhood, Orange is the 420th largest community in Ohio.

Orange is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 91.98% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Orange is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orange who work in sales jobs (15.66%), management occupations (13.94%), and healthcare (11.97%).

Of important note, Orange is also a village of artists. Orange has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Orange's character.

In addition, Orange is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Orange is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Orange a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Orange has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Orange's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Orange is a very car-oriented village. 96.94% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Orange is a small village, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Orange has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

In Orange, a lot of people use a streetcar to get to work every day even though Orange is a relatively small village. Those that ride a streetcar are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Orange Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Orange. 58.95% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Orange in 2000 was $46,296, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $185,184 for a family of four. However, Orange contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Orange is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Orange home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Orange is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Orange include Russian, German, Italian, Hungarian, English, Czech, Eastern European, Polish, Irish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Orange is English.