Barboursville vs Orange

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

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

Orange has the higher population (5,000 vs 747 in Barboursville). Orange has the higher median household income ($68,833 vs $53,264 in Barboursville). Since 2019, Orange's population has grown faster (+0.5% vs -2.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Barboursville	Orange
Population	747	5,000
Median age	33.5 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,264	$68,833
Median home value	—	$252,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,070
Housing units	287	1,918
Homeownership rate	9.8%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barboursville	Orange
Population	768 → 747 (-2.7%)	4,975 → 5,000 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$43,294 → $53,264 (+23.0%)	$50,548 → $68,833 (+36.2%)
Median home value	—	$220,800 → $252,800 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$946 → $1,070 (+13.1%)

Barboursville

Population

768747

Median household income

$43,294$53,264

Orange

Population

4,9755,000

Median household income

$50,548$68,833

Median home value

$220,800$252,800

Median gross rent

$946$1,070

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barboursville	Orange
Under 5	1.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	30.9%	15.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	29.9%	19.1%
35 to 44	24.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	5.7%
75 and over	1.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barboursville	Orange
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	65.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	27.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barboursville	Orange
No high school diploma	11.5%	15.0%
High school graduate	75.1%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barboursville	Orange
Drove alone	42.6%	77.8%
Carpooled	57.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barboursville	Orange
1-unit, detached	83.6%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	27.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Barboursville	Orange
Poverty rate	65.1%	15.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1973	1981