Fulton County vs Orange County

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

Fulton County and Orange County are counties in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fulton County has the higher population (20,411 vs 19,746 in Orange County). Orange County has the higher median household income ($64,758 vs $62,878 in Fulton County). Fulton County has the higher median home value ($144,700 vs $143,900 in Orange County).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton County	Orange County
Population	20,411	19,746
Median age	42.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,878	$64,758
Median home value	$144,700	$143,900
Median gross rent	$861	$838
Housing units	9,564	9,083
Homeownership rate	78.1%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton County	Orange County
Population	20,096 → 20,411 (+1.6%)	19,545 → 19,746 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$52,034 → $62,878 (+20.8%)	$47,917 → $64,758 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $144,700 (+39.7%)	$94,700 → $143,900 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $861 (+24.8%)	$623 → $838 (+34.5%)

Fulton County

Population

20,09620,411

Median household income

$52,034$62,878

Median home value

$103,600$144,700

Median gross rent

$690$861

Orange County

Population

19,54519,746

Median household income

$47,917$64,758

Median home value

$94,700$143,900

Median gross rent

$623$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton County	Orange County
Under 5	5.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.4%
75 and over	8.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton County	Orange County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton County	Orange County
No high school diploma	12.7%	14.2%
High school graduate	41.7%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton County	Orange County
Drove alone	77.8%	79.6%
Carpooled	14.6%	11.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	2.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.7%	5.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton County	Orange County
1-unit, detached	78.3%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Fulton County	Orange County
Poverty rate	12.6%	13.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1970	1978