North Highlands vs Orangevale

A side-by-side comparison of North Highlands and Orangevale: population, income, housing, and more.

North Highlands and Orangevale are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North Highlands has the higher population (47,900 vs 35,219 in Orangevale). Orangevale has the higher median household income ($98,158 vs $65,090 in North Highlands). Orangevale has the higher median home value ($508,600 vs $344,900 in North Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	North Highlands	Orangevale
Population	47,900	35,219
Median age	34.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,090	$98,158
Median home value	$344,900	$508,600
Median gross rent	$1,585	$1,866
Housing units	16,819	14,108
Homeownership rate	50.9%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Highlands	Orangevale
Population	47,661 → 47,900 (+0.5%)	34,824 → 35,219 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$45,488 → $65,090 (+43.1%)	$81,801 → $98,158 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$217,500 → $344,900 (+58.6%)	$372,500 → $508,600 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,585 (+41.5%)	$1,460 → $1,866 (+27.8%)

North Highlands

Population

47,66147,900

Median household income

$45,488$65,090

Median home value

$217,500$344,900

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,585

Orangevale

Population

34,82435,219

Median household income

$81,801$98,158

Median home value

$372,500$508,600

Median gross rent

$1,460$1,866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Highlands	Orangevale
Under 5	8.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	13.6%
75 and over	4.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Highlands	Orangevale
White (non-Hispanic)	44.6%	73.7%
Black or African American	8.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.7%
Asian	6.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	32.6%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Highlands	Orangevale
No high school diploma	16.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	31.6%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Highlands	Orangevale
Drove alone	71.7%	68.9%
Carpooled	11.7%	10.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	17.5%
Other means	2.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Highlands	Orangevale
1-unit, detached	59.2%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	3.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	North Highlands	Orangevale
Poverty rate	19.6%	9.2%
Average household size	2.98	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1970	1976