Gordonsville vs Orange

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

Gordonsville 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 1,527 in Gordonsville). Gordonsville has the higher median household income ($70,179 vs $68,833 in Orange). Gordonsville has the higher median home value ($267,200 vs $252,800 in Orange).

Population, income & housing

	Gordonsville	Orange
Population	1,527	5,000
Median age	36.9 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,179	$68,833
Median home value	$267,200	$252,800
Median gross rent	$949	$1,070
Housing units	881	1,918
Homeownership rate	54.8%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gordonsville	Orange
Population	1,758 → 1,527 (-13.1%)	4,975 → 5,000 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$47,656 → $70,179 (+47.3%)	$50,548 → $68,833 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$192,300 → $267,200 (+38.9%)	$220,800 → $252,800 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $949 (+0.9%)	$946 → $1,070 (+13.1%)

Gordonsville

Population

1,7581,527

Median household income

$47,656$70,179

Median home value

$192,300$267,200

Median gross rent

$941$949

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)

	Gordonsville	Orange
Under 5	6.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	11.2%
25 to 34	17.5%	19.1%
35 to 44	17.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	7.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.2%	5.7%
75 and over	5.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gordonsville	Orange
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	65.0%
Black or African American	14.9%	27.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gordonsville	Orange
No high school diploma	9.7%	15.0%
High school graduate	36.3%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gordonsville	Orange
Drove alone	76.8%	77.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	9.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	9.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gordonsville	Orange
1-unit, detached	75.4%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	27.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Gordonsville	Orange
Poverty rate	17.7%	15.8%
Average household size	2.05	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1979	1981