Orange vs Shelburne Falls

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

Orange and Shelburne Falls 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 1,755 in Shelburne Falls). Orange has the higher median household income ($53,014 vs $52,604 in Shelburne Falls). Shelburne Falls has the higher median home value ($296,000 vs $217,200 in Orange).

Population, income & housing

	Orange	Shelburne Falls
Population	3,793	1,755
Median age	40.1 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,014	$52,604
Median home value	$217,200	$296,000
Median gross rent	$991	$1,069
Housing units	1,620	947
Homeownership rate	64.6%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orange	Shelburne Falls
Population	3,772 → 3,793 (+0.6%)	1,806 → 1,755 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$57,547 → $53,014 (-7.9%)	$44,313 → $52,604 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$155,200 → $217,200 (+39.9%)	$219,000 → $296,000 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$953 → $991 (+4.0%)	$869 → $1,069 (+23.0%)

Orange

Population

3,7723,793

Median household income

$57,547$53,014

Median home value

$155,200$217,200

Median gross rent

$953$991

Shelburne Falls

Population

1,8061,755

Median household income

$44,313$52,604

Median home value

$219,000$296,000

Median gross rent

$869$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orange	Shelburne Falls
Under 5	4.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	16.1%	7.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	17.5%
65 to 74	13.8%	16.6%
75 and over	3.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orange	Shelburne Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orange	Shelburne Falls
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	43.8%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orange	Shelburne Falls
Drove alone	76.8%	68.9%
Carpooled	14.3%	2.9%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	20.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orange	Shelburne Falls
1-unit, detached	60.4%	48.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	24.0%	37.7%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Orange	Shelburne Falls
Poverty rate	22.0%	18.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938