Orange vs Turners Falls

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

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

Turners Falls has the higher population (3,949 vs 3,793 in Orange). Turners Falls has the higher median household income ($56,729 vs $53,014 in Orange). Turners Falls has the higher median home value ($235,500 vs $217,200 in Orange).

Population, income & housing

	Orange	Turners Falls
Population	3,793	3,949
Median age	40.1 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,014	$56,729
Median home value	$217,200	$235,500
Median gross rent	$991	$1,133
Housing units	1,620	2,102
Homeownership rate	64.6%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orange	Turners Falls
Population	3,772 → 3,793 (+0.6%)	4,010 → 3,949 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$57,547 → $53,014 (-7.9%)	$38,899 → $56,729 (+45.8%)
Median home value	$155,200 → $217,200 (+39.9%)	$205,600 → $235,500 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$953 → $991 (+4.0%)	$879 → $1,133 (+28.9%)

Orange

Population

3,7723,793

Median household income

$57,547$53,014

Median home value

$155,200$217,200

Median gross rent

$953$991

Turners Falls

Population

4,0103,949

Median household income

$38,899$56,729

Median home value

$205,600$235,500

Median gross rent

$879$1,133

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orange	Turners Falls
Under 5	4.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	12.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.0%
75 and over	3.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orange	Turners Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orange	Turners Falls
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	43.8%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orange	Turners Falls
Drove alone	76.8%	68.0%
Carpooled	14.3%	22.4%
Public transit	1.2%	1.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	5.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orange	Turners Falls
1-unit, detached	60.4%	49.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	24.0%	31.1%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	16.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orange	Turners Falls
Poverty rate	22.0%	10.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1938	1948