Newburgh vs Orange Lake

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

Newburgh and Orange Lake are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newburgh has the higher population (28,649 vs 9,588 in Orange Lake). Orange Lake has the higher median household income ($94,394 vs $51,006 in Newburgh). Orange Lake has the higher median home value ($330,600 vs $221,100 in Newburgh).

Population, income & housing

	Newburgh	Orange Lake
Population	28,649	9,588
Median age	31.7 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,006	$94,394
Median home value	$221,100	$330,600
Median gross rent	$1,363	$1,924
Housing units	11,624	3,869
Homeownership rate	35.3%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newburgh	Orange Lake
Population	28,255 → 28,649 (+1.4%)	6,434 → 9,588 (+49.0%)
Median household income	$41,769 → $51,006 (+22.1%)	$93,008 → $94,394 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$159,000 → $221,100 (+39.1%)	$251,300 → $330,600 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,114 → $1,363 (+22.4%)	$1,730 → $1,924 (+11.2%)

Newburgh

Population

28,25528,649

Median household income

$41,769$51,006

Median home value

$159,000$221,100

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,363

Orange Lake

Population

6,4349,588

Median household income

$93,008$94,394

Median home value

$251,300$330,600

Median gross rent

$1,730$1,924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newburgh	Orange Lake
Under 5	5.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	11.6%	11.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	8.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	8.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.1%
75 and over	4.9%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newburgh	Orange Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	21.7%	48.7%
Black or African American	23.8%	17.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	50.9%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newburgh	Orange Lake
No high school diploma	19.8%	7.9%
High school graduate	35.6%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newburgh	Orange Lake
Drove alone	55.9%	69.7%
Carpooled	14.4%	8.2%
Public transit	4.6%	5.1%
Walked	9.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	13.9%
Other means	6.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newburgh	Orange Lake
1-unit, detached	29.1%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	42.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	15.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Newburgh	Orange Lake
Poverty rate	27.1%	8.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1941	1981