Orange vs South Deerfield

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

Orange and South Deerfield 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 1,822 in South Deerfield). South Deerfield has the higher median household income ($97,250 vs $53,014 in Orange). South Deerfield has the higher median home value ($419,100 vs $217,200 in Orange).

Population, income & housing

	Orange	South Deerfield
Population	3,793	1,822
Median age	40.1 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,014	$97,250
Median home value	$217,200	$419,100
Median gross rent	$991	$1,333
Housing units	1,620	1,006
Homeownership rate	64.6%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orange	South Deerfield
Population	3,772 → 3,793 (+0.6%)	2,041 → 1,822 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$57,547 → $53,014 (-7.9%)	$78,462 → $97,250 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$155,200 → $217,200 (+39.9%)	$327,700 → $419,100 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$953 → $991 (+4.0%)	$996 → $1,333 (+33.8%)

Orange

Population

3,7723,793

Median household income

$57,547$53,014

Median home value

$155,200$217,200

Median gross rent

$953$991

South Deerfield

Population

2,0411,822

Median household income

$78,462$97,250

Median home value

$327,700$419,100

Median gross rent

$996$1,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orange	South Deerfield
Under 5	4.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	2.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	29.7%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.8%
75 and over	3.7%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orange	South Deerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orange	South Deerfield
No high school diploma	8.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	43.8%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orange	South Deerfield
Drove alone	76.8%	66.3%
Carpooled	14.3%	12.2%
Public transit	1.2%	4.2%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	15.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orange	South Deerfield
1-unit, detached	60.4%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	24.0%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orange	South Deerfield
Poverty rate	22.0%	3.2%
Average household size	2.53	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	24	13
Median year structure built	1938	1961