Greenfield vs Orange

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

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

Greenfield has the higher population (17,662 vs 3,793 in Orange). Greenfield has the higher median household income ($53,961 vs $53,014 in Orange). Greenfield has the higher median home value ($252,000 vs $217,200 in Orange).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Orange
Population	17,662	3,793
Median age	44.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,961	$53,014
Median home value	$252,000	$217,200
Median gross rent	$1,097	$991
Housing units	8,670	1,620
Homeownership rate	54.6%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Orange
Population	17,353 → 17,662 (+1.8%)	3,772 → 3,793 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $53,961 (+16.7%)	$57,547 → $53,014 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$196,600 → $252,000 (+28.2%)	$155,200 → $217,200 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $1,097 (+24.4%)	$953 → $991 (+4.0%)

Greenfield

Population

17,35317,662

Median household income

$46,250$53,961

Median home value

$196,600$252,000

Median gross rent

$882$1,097

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)

	Greenfield	Orange
Under 5	5.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	14.8%	13.8%
75 and over	9.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Orange
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	87.5%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Orange
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	27.0%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Orange
Drove alone	70.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	14.3%
Public transit	0.6%	1.2%
Walked	7.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	5.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Orange
1-unit, detached	48.9%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	28.1%	24.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	14.4%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Orange
Poverty rate	15.6%	22.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1947	1938