Hull vs Orange City

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

Hull and Orange City are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Orange City has the higher population (6,312 vs 2,248 in Hull). Orange City has the higher median household income ($81,667 vs $76,213 in Hull). Orange City has the higher median home value ($245,300 vs $215,700 in Hull).

Population, income & housing

	Hull	Orange City
Population	2,248	6,312
Median age	39.8 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,213	$81,667
Median home value	$215,700	$245,300
Median gross rent	$771	$815
Housing units	850	2,235
Homeownership rate	88.3%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hull	Orange City
Population	2,089 → 2,248 (+7.6%)	6,127 → 6,312 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$70,625 → $76,213 (+7.9%)	$72,857 → $81,667 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$146,900 → $215,700 (+46.8%)	$171,300 → $245,300 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $771 (+5.3%)	$679 → $815 (+20.0%)

Hull

Population

2,0892,248

Median household income

$70,625$76,213

Median home value

$146,900$215,700

Median gross rent

$732$771

Orange City

Population

6,1276,312

Median household income

$72,857$81,667

Median home value

$171,300$245,300

Median gross rent

$679$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hull	Orange City
Under 5	6.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	20.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.8%
75 and over	8.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hull	Orange City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hull	Orange City
No high school diploma	12.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	26.9%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hull	Orange City
Drove alone	77.7%	68.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.0%
Public transit	1.4%	0.5%
Walked	1.4%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.6%	16.9%
Other means	4.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hull	Orange City
1-unit, detached	81.4%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	3.7%
20 or more units	4.5%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Hull	Orange City
Poverty rate	7.4%	10.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	13	10
Median year structure built	1976	1975