Huron vs Orange Cove

A side-by-side comparison of Huron and Orange Cove: population, income, housing, and more.

Huron and Orange Cove are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Orange Cove has the higher population (9,607 vs 6,425 in Huron). Huron has the higher median household income ($44,784 vs $38,447 in Orange Cove). Huron has the higher median home value ($236,500 vs $232,900 in Orange Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Huron	Orange Cove
Population	6,425	9,607
Median age	27.1 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,784	$38,447
Median home value	$236,500	$232,900
Median gross rent	$1,060	$996
Housing units	1,694	2,515
Homeownership rate	27.8%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huron	Orange Cove
Population	7,115 → 6,425 (-9.7%)	10,274 → 9,607 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$25,060 → $44,784 (+78.7%)	$25,677 → $38,447 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$163,000 → $236,500 (+45.1%)	$152,300 → $232,900 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $1,060 (+49.5%)	$742 → $996 (+34.2%)

Huron

Population

7,1156,425

Median household income

$25,060$44,784

Median home value

$163,000$236,500

Median gross rent

$709$1,060

Orange Cove

Population

10,2749,607

Median household income

$25,677$38,447

Median home value

$152,300$232,900

Median gross rent

$742$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huron	Orange Cove
Under 5	7.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	26.4%	29.7%
18 to 24	12.6%	10.2%
25 to 34	17.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	7.7%	8.1%
65 to 74	2.2%	3.8%
75 and over	0.9%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huron	Orange Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	2.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.3%	95.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huron	Orange Cove
No high school diploma	60.8%	51.8%
High school graduate	18.2%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huron	Orange Cove
Drove alone	71.2%	63.9%
Carpooled	18.5%	30.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.3%
Other means	2.1%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huron	Orange Cove
1-unit, detached	43.5%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	19.1%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	13.6%
20 or more units	4.7%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Huron	Orange Cove
Poverty rate	33.2%	39.0%
Average household size	3.97	3.95
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1990	1989