Green Cove Springs vs Orange Park

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

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

Green Cove Springs has the higher population (9,937 vs 9,062 in Orange Park). Orange Park has the higher median household income ($74,564 vs $66,907 in Green Cove Springs). Green Cove Springs has the higher median home value ($283,200 vs $257,400 in Orange Park).

Population, income & housing

	Green Cove Springs	Orange Park
Population	9,937	9,062
Median age	43.0 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,907	$74,564
Median home value	$283,200	$257,400
Median gross rent	$1,285	$1,355
Housing units	3,799	3,784
Homeownership rate	77.6%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Cove Springs	Orange Park
Population	7,923 → 9,937 (+25.4%)	8,734 → 9,062 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$57,009 → $66,907 (+17.4%)	$57,771 → $74,564 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$189,500 → $283,200 (+49.4%)	$180,800 → $257,400 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$916 → $1,285 (+40.3%)	$981 → $1,355 (+38.1%)

Green Cove Springs

Population

7,9239,937

Median household income

$57,009$66,907

Median home value

$189,500$283,200

Median gross rent

$916$1,285

Orange Park

Population

8,7349,062

Median household income

$57,771$74,564

Median home value

$180,800$257,400

Median gross rent

$981$1,355

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Cove Springs	Orange Park
Under 5	6.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.3%
75 and over	9.6%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Cove Springs	Orange Park
White (non-Hispanic)	64.2%	59.0%
Black or African American	15.8%	23.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Cove Springs	Orange Park
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	28.2%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Cove Springs	Orange Park
Drove alone	63.4%	79.9%
Carpooled	11.7%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	7.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.8%	9.0%
Other means	2.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Cove Springs	Orange Park
1-unit, detached	89.8%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	15.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Green Cove Springs	Orange Park
Poverty rate	10.4%	15.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1994	1975