Virginia · Census place 5159496
Orange, Virginia
Orange is a town in Orange County, Virginia with an estimated 5,210 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 61st largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,210
- #61 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- +6.4%
- +315 people
- Land area
- 3.4 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,551 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Orange population, 2020 to 2024
Orange added 315 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.4%. In the latest year it moved by +61. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 7th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Orange is 31% of it.
Orange covers 3.36 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,551 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Orange is less dense than the typical town.
What county Orange is in
All of Orange's residents live in Orange County, which had 38,986 residents in 2024. Orange holds 13.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Orange
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Orange by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 22960. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Orange is
The Census internal point of Orange is at 38.247800, -78.113200. Richmond, the capital, is 61.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Culpeper, VA (21,464 people), 16.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, VA, 60.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.247800, -78.113200
- DMS
- 38°14'52.08"N 78°06'47.52"W
- UTM
- 17N 752623.3E 4237251.2N
- Geohash
- dqb3w6z9w
- Plus code
- 87C36VXP+4P
Daylight in Orange
At 38.25° N, Orange gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Orange
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Gordonsville, 8.7 miles away, with 1,509 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Orange, VA?
5,210 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 315 (6.4%) from 4,895 in July 2020.
What county is Orange in?
Orange County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Orange?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 22960.
How far is Orange from Richmond?
61.4 miles (98.8 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Orange.
What is the nearest larger city to Orange?
Culpeper, VA, with 21,464 residents, 16.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.