Orange Cove is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 9,708 people and two associated neighborhoods, Orange Cove is the 425th largest community in California.Orange Cove is a blue-collar town, with 56.19% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Orange Cove is a city of farmers, fishers, or foresters, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orange Cove who work in farm management occupations (24.46%), office and administrative support (11.92%), and maintenance occupations (4.62%). Another important characteristic of Orange Cove is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town. One downside of living in Orange Cove is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Orange Cove, the average commute to work is 31.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Orange Cove is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The rate of college-level education in Orange Cove is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.14% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Orange Cove in 2022 was $15,477, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $61,908 for a family of four. However, Orange Cove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Orange Cove also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.01% of its population below the federal poverty line.Orange Cove is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Orange Cove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Orange Cove, accounting for 97.22% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Orange Cove residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Orange Cove include Scots-Irish, German, French, Irish, and Dutch. Orange Cove also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 34.65%. The most common language spoken in Orange Cove is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
