Guilford Center vs Orange

A side-by-side comparison of Guilford Center and Orange: population, income, housing, and more.

Guilford Center and Orange are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Orange has the higher population (14,251 vs 2,272 in Guilford Center). Orange has the higher median household income ($145,625 vs $80,000 in Guilford Center). Guilford Center has the higher median home value ($586,500 vs $466,800 in Orange).

Population, income & housing

	Guilford Center	Orange
Population	2,272	14,251
Median age	54.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$145,625
Median home value	$586,500	$466,800
Median gross rent	$1,678	$2,016
Housing units	1,350	5,388
Homeownership rate	60.7%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	59.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guilford Center	Orange
Population	2,689 → 2,272 (-15.5%)	13,934 → 14,251 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$89,444 → $80,000 (-10.6%)	$121,308 → $145,625 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$398,900 → $586,500 (+47.0%)	$389,900 → $466,800 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,230 → $1,678 (+36.4%)	$1,648 → $2,016 (+22.3%)

Guilford Center

Population

2,6892,272

Median household income

$89,444$80,000

Median home value

$398,900$586,500

Median gross rent

$1,230$1,678

Orange

Population

13,93414,251

Median household income

$121,308$145,625

Median home value

$389,900$466,800

Median gross rent

$1,648$2,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guilford Center	Orange
Under 5	2.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	6.1%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	16.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	18.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.9%
75 and over	16.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guilford Center	Orange
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	80.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guilford Center	Orange
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	19.7%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.6%	31.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guilford Center	Orange
Drove alone	72.7%	74.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	7.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guilford Center	Orange
1-unit, detached	52.3%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Guilford Center	Orange
Poverty rate	5.5%	3.1%
Average household size	1.86	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1963	1963