Huntington Beach vs Orange

A side-by-side comparison of Huntington Beach and Orange: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huntington Beach has the higher population (196,010 vs 138,723 in Orange). Huntington Beach has the higher median household income ($119,885 vs $116,945 in Orange). Huntington Beach has the higher median home value ($1,047,300 vs $900,700 in Orange).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington Beach	Orange
Population	196,010	138,723
Median age	43.4 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$119,885	$116,945
Median home value	$1,047,300	$900,700
Median gross rent	$2,424	$2,252
Housing units	81,812	46,547
Homeownership rate	55.8%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington Beach	Orange
Population	200,259 → 196,010 (-2.1%)	139,887 → 138,723 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$95,046 → $119,885 (+26.1%)	$91,793 → $116,945 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$771,100 → $1,047,300 (+35.8%)	$656,100 → $900,700 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,903 → $2,424 (+27.4%)	$1,806 → $2,252 (+24.7%)

Huntington Beach

Population

200,259196,010

Median household income

$95,046$119,885

Median home value

$771,100$1,047,300

Median gross rent

$1,903$2,424

Orange

Population

139,887138,723

Median household income

$91,793$116,945

Median home value

$656,100$900,700

Median gross rent

$1,806$2,252

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntington Beach	Orange
Under 5	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.8%
75 and over	8.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington Beach	Orange
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	40.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	12.5%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	40.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington Beach	Orange
No high school diploma	6.1%	11.9%
High school graduate	16.2%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington Beach	Orange
Drove alone	70.6%	69.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.3%
Public transit	0.5%	1.2%
Walked	1.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.5%
Worked from home	19.4%	15.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington Beach	Orange
1-unit, detached	46.2%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	13.9%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Huntington Beach	Orange
Poverty rate	7.5%	9.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1974	1972