Orange is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 7,583 people and two associated neighborhoods, Orange is the 212th largest community in Massachusetts.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Orange has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Orange a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Orange is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Orange, the average commute to work is 30.19 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The citizens of Orange are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.66% of adults in Orange have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Orange in 2022 was $31,242, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,968 for a family of four. However, Orange contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Orange home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Orange residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Orange include English, Irish, French, French Canadian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Orange is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.