Orchards vs Vancouver

A side-by-side comparison of Orchards and Vancouver: population, income, housing, and more.

Orchards and Vancouver are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vancouver has the higher population (192,696 vs 29,716 in Orchards). Orchards has the higher median household income ($96,893 vs $78,156 in Vancouver). Vancouver has the higher median home value ($440,300 vs $437,100 in Orchards).

Population, income & housing

	Orchards	Vancouver
Population	29,716	192,696
Median age	34.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,893	$78,156
Median home value	$437,100	$440,300
Median gross rent	$1,685	$1,632
Housing units	10,384	83,450
Homeownership rate	67.5%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orchards	Vancouver
Population	24,335 → 29,716 (+22.1%)	180,556 → 192,696 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$73,417 → $96,893 (+32.0%)	$61,714 → $78,156 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $437,100 (+54.6%)	$286,500 → $440,300 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,374 → $1,685 (+22.6%)	$1,219 → $1,632 (+33.9%)

Orchards

Population

24,33529,716

Median household income

$73,417$96,893

Median home value

$282,700$437,100

Median gross rent

$1,374$1,685

Vancouver

Population

180,556192,696

Median household income

$61,714$78,156

Median home value

$286,500$440,300

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,632

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orchards	Vancouver
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.7%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	16.0%
35 to 44	17.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.4%
75 and over	3.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orchards	Vancouver
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	65.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	5.5%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	1.8%
Some other race	1.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.9%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orchards	Vancouver
No high school diploma	10.7%	8.9%
High school graduate	28.7%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orchards	Vancouver
Drove alone	76.1%	69.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	9.5%
Public transit	0.4%	1.8%
Walked	0.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.3%	15.2%
Other means	1.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orchards	Vancouver
1-unit, detached	72.1%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	12.6%
20 or more units	8.0%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Orchards	Vancouver
Poverty rate	10.9%	11.1%
Average household size	2.92	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1998	1987