Louisa County vs Orange County

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

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

Louisa County has the higher population (39,012 vs 37,208 in Orange County). Orange County has the higher median household income ($94,175 vs $80,343 in Louisa County). Orange County has the higher median home value ($337,300 vs $275,600 in Louisa County).

Population, income & housing

	Louisa County	Orange County
Population	39,012	37,208
Median age	44.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,343	$94,175
Median home value	$275,600	$337,300
Median gross rent	$1,208	$1,145
Housing units	18,047	15,895
Homeownership rate	81.2%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Louisa County	Orange County
Population	36,040 → 39,012 (+8.2%)	36,010 → 37,208 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$60,975 → $80,343 (+31.8%)	$71,548 → $94,175 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $275,600 (+23.5%)	$244,400 → $337,300 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $1,208 (+28.9%)	$987 → $1,145 (+16.0%)

Louisa County

Population

36,04039,012

Median household income

$60,975$80,343

Median home value

$223,100$275,600

Median gross rent

$937$1,208

Orange County

Population

36,01037,208

Median household income

$71,548$94,175

Median home value

$244,400$337,300

Median gross rent

$987$1,145

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Louisa County	Orange County
Under 5	5.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.0%
75 and over	7.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Louisa County	Orange County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	75.3%
Black or African American	13.3%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Louisa County	Orange County
No high school diploma	10.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	34.5%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Louisa County	Orange County
Drove alone	76.9%	74.5%
Carpooled	11.2%	10.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	13.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Louisa County	Orange County
1-unit, detached	84.3%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Louisa County	Orange County
Poverty rate	10.1%	10.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	35	38
Median year structure built	1994	1992