Orange County vs Spencer County

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

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

Spencer County has the higher population (19,871 vs 19,746 in Orange County). Spencer County has the higher median household income ($70,890 vs $64,758 in Orange County). Spencer County has the higher median home value ($180,200 vs $143,900 in Orange County).

Population, income & housing

	Orange County	Spencer County
Population	19,746	19,871
Median age	43.0 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,758	$70,890
Median home value	$143,900	$180,200
Median gross rent	$838	$697
Housing units	9,083	8,685
Homeownership rate	78.8%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orange County	Spencer County
Population	19,545 → 19,746 (+1.0%)	20,447 → 19,871 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $64,758 (+35.1%)	$57,305 → $70,890 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$94,700 → $143,900 (+52.0%)	$127,700 → $180,200 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $838 (+34.5%)	$708 → $697 (-1.6%)

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

Spencer County

Population

20,44719,871

Median household income

$57,305$70,890

Median home value

$127,700$180,200

Median gross rent

$708$697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orange County	Spencer County
Under 5	6.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.4%
75 and over	7.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orange County	Spencer County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	93.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orange County	Spencer County
No high school diploma	14.2%	6.9%
High school graduate	43.1%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orange County	Spencer County
Drove alone	79.6%	86.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	4.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orange County	Spencer County
1-unit, detached	74.9%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Orange County	Spencer County
Poverty rate	13.3%	6.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1978	1979