Orange

Population & Demographics

Orange, CA

Orange is home to 138,266 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 66,062 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
138,266
people
Population

138,266 residents

Median age 37.2 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Orange population & demographics

Who lives in Orange — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
138,266
Median age
37.2yrs
Median household income
$117,113
Median home value
$945,800
Median gross rent
$2,327/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
39.7%
Poverty rate
9.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Orange

How Orange breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino39.9%
White39.2%
Asian13.8%
Two or more races4.9%
Black1.5%
Some other race0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Orange

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Orange.

Orange at a glance
Employed Residents
66,062
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
9.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
12.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
17.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Irvine
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Orange proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Orange commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

55 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Orange

66,062 commutes, one dot at a time

Orange

Where 66,062 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Orange, by worker count.

1Orange0.0 mi8,453
2Irvine8.5 mi6,496
3Anaheim4.4 mi6,032
4Santa Ana5.1 mi5,798
5Los Angeles36.7 mi3,799
6Costa Mesa10.5 mi2,074
7Newport Beach13.1 mi2,016
8Tustin4.8 mi1,964

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Orange.

1Anaheim4.4 mi9,297
2Orange0.0 mi8,453
3Santa Ana5.1 mi7,021
4Los Angeles36.7 mi5,695
5Irvine8.5 mi4,076
6Garden Grove7.5 mi3,754
7Fullerton7.7 mi2,839
8Huntington Beach12.3 mi2,717

Top industries

The sectors that employ Orange’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance25.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services14.1%
COConstruction9.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.5%
RTRetail Trade6.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.7%
EDEducational Services5.2%
MFManufacturing5.2%
WSWholesale Trade3.8%
Connectivity

Internet options for Orange

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps89%
5 Gbps85%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Orange

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).