Orange County, Vermont

Orange County population, land area and income

Orange County had 30,050 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 687.0 square miles of land. It ranks 10th of 14 in Vermont by population and 7th by land area. That works out to 43.7 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Vermont has 37,543 residents; Orange County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $73,771 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Orange County's population changed since 2020

Orange County gained 755 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 2.6%. That ranks 2nd of 14 in Vermont for growth. The median Vermont county changed by +1.2%, and the state as a whole by +0.9%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Orange County recorded 1,036 births and 1,301 deaths, a natural change of -265. Net international migration added +87 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +948. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 948 people.

Where Orange County is

The Census internal point of Orange County is at 44.003400, -72.369600. It sits in UTM zone 18N. The map shades Vermont's 14 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Orange County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Orange County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Orange County. Its 30,050 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Orange County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Orange County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Grafton County, NH, with 93,045 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• NH

  Grafton County, NH

  93,045 people

  27 mi ESE

• Washington County

  59,844 people

  22 mi NNW

• Windsor County

  57,697 people

  32 mi SSW

• Addison County

  38,047 people

  38 mi W

• Caledonia County

  30,535 people

  35 mi NNE

Distance to Montpelier and the nearest big city

Montpelier is 20.7 miles NNW of Orange County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Manchester, NH (population 116,386), 84.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Lebanon, NH (population 15,389), 26.1 miles away.

Orange County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Orange County is 50017: state code 50 for Vermont plus county code 017. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $73,771.