Orangeburg vs Thiells

A side-by-side comparison of Orangeburg and Thiells: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thiells has the higher population (4,539 vs 4,279 in Orangeburg). Thiells has the higher median household income ($126,250 vs $107,000 in Orangeburg). Orangeburg has the higher median home value ($619,300 vs $532,200 in Thiells).

Population, income & housing

	Orangeburg	Thiells
Population	4,279	4,539
Median age	42.8 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$107,000	$126,250
Median home value	$619,300	$532,200
Median gross rent	$1,308	$1,739
Housing units	1,469	1,565
Homeownership rate	77.7%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orangeburg	Thiells
Population	4,491 → 4,279 (-4.7%)	4,870 → 4,539 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$85,507 → $107,000 (+25.1%)	$127,891 → $126,250 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$465,900 → $619,300 (+32.9%)	$414,800 → $532,200 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,308 (+33.3%)	$1,857 → $1,739 (-6.4%)

Orangeburg

Population

4,4914,279

Median household income

$85,507$107,000

Median home value

$465,900$619,300

Median gross rent

$981$1,308

Thiells

Population

4,8704,539

Median household income

$127,891$126,250

Median home value

$414,800$532,200

Median gross rent

$1,857$1,739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orangeburg	Thiells
Under 5	2.7%	8.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	20.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	5.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	17.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.2%
75 and over	16.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orangeburg	Thiells
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	61.6%
Black or African American	6.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.3%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	28.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orangeburg	Thiells
No high school diploma	7.1%	5.5%
High school graduate	13.1%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	34.3%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orangeburg	Thiells
Drove alone	64.9%	71.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	12.8%
Public transit	6.8%	1.6%
Walked	5.8%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	9.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orangeburg	Thiells
1-unit, detached	67.1%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orangeburg	Thiells
Poverty rate	12.0%	3.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1964	1975