Deerfield vs Orange

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

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

Orange has the higher population (3,793 vs 441 in Deerfield). Since 2019, Orange's population has grown faster (+0.6% vs -29.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Deerfield	Orange
Population	441	3,793
Median age	41.5 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,014
Median home value	—	$217,200
Median gross rent	—	$991
Housing units	162	1,620
Homeownership rate	44.4%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.6%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerfield	Orange
Population	621 → 441 (-29.0%)	3,772 → 3,793 (+0.6%)
Median household income	—	$57,547 → $53,014 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$231,000 → $246,600 (+6.8%)	$155,200 → $217,200 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$953 → $991 (+4.0%)

Deerfield

Population

621441

Median home value

$231,000$246,600

Orange

Population

3,7723,793

Median household income

$57,547$53,014

Median home value

$155,200$217,200

Median gross rent

$953$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deerfield	Orange
Under 5	0.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	15.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	5.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	23.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	18.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	22.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	5.4%	13.8%
75 and over	0.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerfield	Orange
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	87.5%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerfield	Orange
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	4.3%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	47.9%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerfield	Orange
Drove alone	29.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	62.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerfield	Orange
1-unit, detached	49.4%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	24.0%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	14.4%
20 or more units	15.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Deerfield	Orange
Poverty rate	17.4%	22.0%
Average household size	2.06	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	8	24
Median year structure built	1964	1938