Angelina County vs Orange County

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

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

Angelina County has the higher population (86,791 vs 84,993 in Orange County). Orange County has the higher median household income ($73,372 vs $58,847 in Angelina County). Orange County has the higher median home value ($163,400 vs $149,800 in Angelina County).

Population, income & housing

	Angelina County	Orange County
Population	86,791	84,993
Median age	37.8 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,847	$73,372
Median home value	$149,800	$163,400
Median gross rent	$1,056	$1,018
Housing units	36,798	37,681
Homeownership rate	64.3%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Angelina County	Orange County
Population	87,322 → 86,791 (-0.6%)	84,069 → 84,993 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$50,453 → $58,847 (+16.6%)	$59,399 → $73,372 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $149,800 (+39.2%)	$113,500 → $163,400 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $1,056 (+27.7%)	$825 → $1,018 (+23.4%)

Angelina County

Population

87,32286,791

Median household income

$50,453$58,847

Median home value

$107,600$149,800

Median gross rent

$827$1,056

Orange County

Population

84,06984,993

Median household income

$59,399$73,372

Median home value

$113,500$163,400

Median gross rent

$825$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Angelina County	Orange County
Under 5	6.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.6%
75 and over	6.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Angelina County	Orange County
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	77.9%
Black or African American	12.2%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Angelina County	Orange County
No high school diploma	15.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	34.1%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Angelina County	Orange County
Drove alone	81.8%	87.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	7.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.4%	3.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Angelina County	Orange County
1-unit, detached	65.9%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	5.6%
20 or more units	4.8%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Angelina County	Orange County
Poverty rate	16.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1985	1982