Orange County vs Victoria County

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

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

Victoria County has the higher population (91,281 vs 84,993 in Orange County). Orange County has the higher median household income ($73,372 vs $70,101 in Victoria County). Victoria County has the higher median home value ($197,600 vs $163,400 in Orange County).

Population, income & housing

	Orange County	Victoria County
Population	84,993	91,281
Median age	37.9 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,372	$70,101
Median home value	$163,400	$197,600
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,151
Housing units	37,681	39,238
Homeownership rate	75.0%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orange County	Victoria County
Population	84,069 → 84,993 (+1.1%)	92,109 → 91,281 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$59,399 → $73,372 (+23.5%)	$56,834 → $70,101 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$113,500 → $163,400 (+44.0%)	$142,800 → $197,600 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $1,018 (+23.4%)	$918 → $1,151 (+25.4%)

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

Victoria County

Population

92,10991,281

Median household income

$56,834$70,101

Median home value

$142,800$197,600

Median gross rent

$918$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orange County	Victoria County
Under 5	6.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.9%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.8%
75 and over	6.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orange County	Victoria County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	43.0%
Black or African American	8.4%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	47.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orange County	Victoria County
No high school diploma	9.0%	14.9%
High school graduate	36.7%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orange County	Victoria County
Drove alone	87.1%	80.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	0.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orange County	Victoria County
1-unit, detached	68.8%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	7.8%
20 or more units	2.7%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Orange County	Victoria County
Poverty rate	12.7%	16.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1982	1982