Orleans vs Paoli

A side-by-side comparison of Orleans and Paoli: population, income, housing, and more.

Orleans and Paoli are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Paoli has the higher population (3,274 vs 2,191 in Orleans). Orleans has the higher median household income ($64,504 vs $45,926 in Paoli). Paoli has the higher median home value ($134,300 vs $109,900 in Orleans).

Population, income & housing

	Orleans	Paoli
Population	2,191	3,274
Median age	47.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,504	$45,926
Median home value	$109,900	$134,300
Median gross rent	$817	$827
Housing units	1,013	1,571
Homeownership rate	58.6%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orleans	Paoli
Population	2,028 → 2,191 (+8.0%)	3,665 → 3,274 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$41,771 → $64,504 (+54.4%)	$37,449 → $45,926 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$91,000 → $109,900 (+20.8%)	$82,700 → $134,300 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $817 (+34.4%)	$703 → $827 (+17.6%)

Orleans

Population

2,0282,191

Median household income

$41,771$64,504

Median home value

$91,000$109,900

Median gross rent

$608$817

Paoli

Population

3,6653,274

Median household income

$37,449$45,926

Median home value

$82,700$134,300

Median gross rent

$703$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orleans	Paoli
Under 5	5.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	7.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	16.7%	6.6%
55 to 64	16.8%	8.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	15.7%
75 and over	9.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orleans	Paoli
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orleans	Paoli
No high school diploma	17.7%	12.8%
High school graduate	48.0%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orleans	Paoli
Drove alone	82.2%	79.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.1%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orleans	Paoli
1-unit, detached	74.0%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	7.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Orleans	Paoli
Poverty rate	16.1%	21.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1971	1968