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Orange, CA
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Living in Orange



Orange is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 136,178 people and 27 associated neighborhoods, Orange is the 43rd largest community in California.

Housing costs in Orange are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Also of interest is that Orange has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.08% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Orange, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Orange is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Orange a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

The citizens of Orange are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.27% of adults in Orange have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Orange in 2018 was $48,092, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $192,368 for a family of four. However, Orange contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Orange is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Orange home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Orange residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Orange also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.05% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Orange include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

In addition, Orange has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.58%).

The most common language spoken in Orange is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.