Orange Park vs Penney Farms

A side-by-side comparison of Orange Park and Penney Farms: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orange Park has the higher population (9,062 vs 573 in Penney Farms). Orange Park has the higher median household income ($74,564 vs $60,625 in Penney Farms). Orange Park has the higher median home value ($257,400 vs $213,300 in Penney Farms).

Population, income & housing

	Orange Park	Penney Farms
Population	9,062	573
Median age	48.2 yrs	79.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,564	$60,625
Median home value	$257,400	$213,300
Median gross rent	$1,355	$1,893
Housing units	3,784	262
Homeownership rate	56.9%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	51.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orange Park	Penney Farms
Population	8,734 → 9,062 (+3.8%)	683 → 573 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$57,771 → $74,564 (+29.1%)	$52,188 → $60,625 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$180,800 → $257,400 (+42.4%)	$207,700 → $213,300 (+2.7%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,355 (+38.1%)	$1,427 → $1,893 (+32.7%)

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

Penney Farms

Population

683573

Median household income

$52,188$60,625

Median home value

$207,700$213,300

Median gross rent

$1,427$1,893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orange Park	Penney Farms
Under 5	4.1%	0.9%
5 to 17	14.1%	3.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	0.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	2.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	2.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	20.1%
75 and over	13.7%	62.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orange Park	Penney Farms
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	93.0%
Black or African American	23.2%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orange Park	Penney Farms
No high school diploma	7.5%	12.6%
High school graduate	22.8%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orange Park	Penney Farms
Drove alone	79.9%	36.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	15.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	13.2%
Worked from home	9.0%	34.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orange Park	Penney Farms
1-unit, detached	63.0%	31.7%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	7.1%	26.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Orange Park	Penney Farms
Poverty rate	15.5%	8.4%
Average household size	2.33	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1975	1956