Lake of the Woods vs Orange

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

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

Lake of the Woods has the higher population (8,165 vs 5,000 in Orange). Lake of the Woods has the higher median household income ($112,917 vs $68,833 in Orange). Lake of the Woods has the higher median home value ($377,500 vs $252,800 in Orange).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Woods	Orange
Population	8,165	5,000
Median age	51.8 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$112,917	$68,833
Median home value	$377,500	$252,800
Median gross rent	$1,690	$1,070
Housing units	3,825	1,918
Homeownership rate	94.3%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Woods	Orange
Population	8,406 → 8,165 (-2.9%)	4,975 → 5,000 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$80,260 → $112,917 (+40.7%)	$50,548 → $68,833 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$257,000 → $377,500 (+46.9%)	$220,800 → $252,800 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,390 → $1,690 (+21.6%)	$946 → $1,070 (+13.1%)

Lake of the Woods

Population

8,4068,165

Median household income

$80,260$112,917

Median home value

$257,000$377,500

Median gross rent

$1,390$1,690

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)

	Lake of the Woods	Orange
Under 5	7.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	10.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.7%	11.2%
25 to 34	8.5%	19.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	19.5%	5.7%
75 and over	15.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Orange
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	65.0%
Black or African American	6.9%	27.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Woods	Orange
No high school diploma	2.8%	15.0%
High school graduate	22.9%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Orange
Drove alone	76.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	9.2%
Other means	0.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Orange
1-unit, detached	99.7%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	27.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Woods	Orange
Poverty rate	4.8%	15.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	46	24
Median year structure built	1993	1981