Caledonia County vs Orange County

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

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

Caledonia County has the higher population (30,425 vs 29,594 in Orange County). Orange County has the higher median household income ($77,328 vs $66,075 in Caledonia County). Orange County has the higher median home value ($251,000 vs $215,900 in Caledonia County).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia County	Orange County
Population	30,425	29,594
Median age	45.6 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,075	$77,328
Median home value	$215,900	$251,000
Median gross rent	$904	$1,145
Housing units	16,084	15,021
Homeownership rate	78.2%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia County	Orange County
Population	30,234 → 30,425 (+0.6%)	28,908 → 29,594 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$50,563 → $66,075 (+30.7%)	$60,925 → $77,328 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$169,500 → $215,900 (+27.4%)	$192,700 → $251,000 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $904 (+14.4%)	$898 → $1,145 (+27.5%)

Caledonia County

Population

30,23430,425

Median household income

$50,563$66,075

Median home value

$169,500$215,900

Median gross rent

$790$904

Orange County

Population

28,90829,594

Median household income

$60,925$77,328

Median home value

$192,700$251,000

Median gross rent

$898$1,145

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia County	Orange County
Under 5	4.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	14.5%
75 and over	8.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia County	Orange County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia County	Orange County
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	34.1%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia County	Orange County
Drove alone	71.5%	71.7%
Carpooled	8.9%	10.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	3.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.4%	14.1%
Other means	1.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia County	Orange County
1-unit, detached	74.5%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia County	Orange County
Poverty rate	12.6%	9.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1972	1977