Northampton vs Orient

A side-by-side comparison of Northampton and Orient: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orient has the higher population (1,152 vs 1,098 in Northampton). Orient has the higher median home value ($923,500 vs $323,000 in Northampton). Since 2019, Orient's population has grown faster (+38.0% vs +24.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Northampton	Orient
Population	1,098	1,152
Median age	32.5 yrs	63.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$88,293
Median home value	$323,000	$923,500
Median gross rent	$1,949	—
Housing units	340	1,095
Homeownership rate	50.8%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northampton	Orient
Population	885 → 1,098 (+24.1%)	835 → 1,152 (+38.0%)
Median household income	$116,742 → $74,856 (-35.9%)	$70,000 → $88,293 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$329,600 → $323,000 (-2.0%)	$813,700 → $923,500 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,817 → $1,949 (+7.3%)	$1,768 → $2,469 (+39.6%)

Northampton

Population

8851,098

Median household income

$116,742$74,856

Median home value

$329,600$323,000

Median gross rent

$1,817$1,949

Orient

Population

8351,152

Median household income

$70,000$88,293

Median home value

$813,700$923,500

Median gross rent

$1,768$2,469

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northampton	Orient
Under 5	20.2%	1.9%
5 to 17	10.4%	2.1%
18 to 24	14.5%	1.3%
25 to 34	17.2%	5.0%
35 to 44	17.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	1.8%	6.6%
55 to 64	3.2%	25.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	28.3%
75 and over	3.1%	17.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northampton	Orient
White (non-Hispanic)	13.5%	95.7%
Black or African American	59.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northampton	Orient
No high school diploma	25.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	25.9%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northampton	Orient
Drove alone	55.6%	55.7%
Carpooled	16.2%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	6.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.2%	31.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northampton	Orient
1-unit, detached	94.7%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northampton	Orient
Poverty rate	3.2%	4.2%
Average household size	3.56	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1952	1968