Northford vs Orange

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

Northford 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 6,161 in Northford). Orange has the higher median household income ($145,625 vs $104,919 in Northford). Orange has the higher median home value ($466,800 vs $372,100 in Northford).

Population, income & housing

	Northford	Orange
Population	6,161	14,251
Median age	46.0 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,919	$145,625
Median home value	$372,100	$466,800
Median gross rent	$1,541	$2,016
Housing units	2,233	5,388
Homeownership rate	88.4%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	59.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northford	Orange
Population	6,752 → 6,161 (-8.8%)	13,934 → 14,251 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$96,818 → $104,919 (+8.4%)	$121,308 → $145,625 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$323,200 → $372,100 (+15.1%)	$389,900 → $466,800 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,354 → $1,541 (+13.8%)	$1,648 → $2,016 (+22.3%)

Northford

Population

6,7526,161

Median household income

$96,818$104,919

Median home value

$323,200$372,100

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,541

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)

	Northford	Orange
Under 5	6.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	6.1%
35 to 44	8.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.9%
75 and over	14.8%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northford	Orange
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northford	Orange
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.0%
High school graduate	34.5%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	31.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northford	Orange
Drove alone	80.9%	74.1%
Carpooled	6.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northford	Orange
1-unit, detached	86.0%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Northford	Orange
Poverty rate	3.6%	3.1%
Average household size	2.93	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1977	1963