Orange County, Virginia (VA)

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County population in 2005: 30,246 (33% urban, 67% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 7,825
Renter-occupied apartments: 2,325

% of renters here:	23%
State:	32%

Land area: 342 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.7 sq. mi.

Population density: 89 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	9.2%
Whole state:	9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	3.8%
Whole state:	4.3%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (18.3%), Manufacturing (12.5%), Retail trade (11.8%), Construction (11.4%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 76%
Government: 16%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 8%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Orange County, Virginia business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Orange County, Virginia:

White Non-Hispanic (83.6%)
Black (13.8%)
Hispanic (1.3%)
Two or more races (0.9%)
American Indian (0.5%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	40.4 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 12,524	(48.4%)
Females: 13,357	(51.6%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $25,352
County population in 2003: 28,051
Jobs in 2003: 8,903

Orange County,VA real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 14,760
Unemployment rate in 2004: 3.0%

Average household size:

Orange County:	2.5 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $49,838 ($42,889 in 2000)

This county	$49,838
Virginia:	$54,240

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $205,509

Orange County	$205,509
Virginia:	$212,300

Median montly rent in 2000: $583
Institutionalized population: 435
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Orange County in 2000: $944

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 2
Rapes: 5
Robberies: 2
Assaults: 9
Burglaries: 38
Thefts: 125
Auto thefts: 9

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 0
Rapes: 4
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 7
Burglaries: 29
Thefts: 113
Auto thefts: 14

Orange County races chart

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 217 buildings, average cost: $139,700
2001: 283 buildings, average cost: $148,800
2002: 382 buildings, average cost: $142,800
2003: 384 buildings, average cost: $164,700
2004: 524 buildings, average cost: $180,100
2005: 652 buildings, average cost: $224,900
2006: 412 buildings, average cost: $230,800

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

2004 Presidential Election results in Orange County Virginia:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 59.9%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 38.8%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $757 (0.7%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Orange County is $533 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $593 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $863 a month.

Cities in this county include: Orange, Gordonsville.

Neighboring counties: Albemarle County , Culpeper County , Greene County , Louisa County , Madison County , Spotsylvania County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Orange County: Richards Shop (A), Mallory Ford (B), Montpelier Station (C), Locust Grove (D), Barbour Ruins (E), Pierces Shop (F), Barboursville Plantation (G), Barboursville Winery (H), Wilderness Battlefield (I), Sleets Shop (J), Saint Just (K), Montpelier (L), Enchanted Castle (M). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Orange County include: Full Gospel Church (A), Antioch Church (B), Rhoadesville Baptist Church (C), Saint Marys Church (D), Gospel Tabernacle (E), Salem Church (F), Shady Grove Church (G), Somerset Christian Church (H), Bethel Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Bethel Cemetery (1), Rhoadesville Cemetery (2), Graham Cemetery (3), Pilgrim Cemetery (4), Kemper Cemetery (5), Palmyra Cemetery (6), Orange Grove Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: House Lake (A), Burrus Lake (B), Lake Orange (C), Lake of the Woods Number Two (D), Lake of the Woods (E), J E Taylor Lake (F), Linden Pond (G), Neals Pond (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Poorhouse Run (A), Poplar Run (B), Potato Run (C), Lick Branch (D), Madison Run (E), Hen and Bacon Run (F), Raccoon Branch (G), Riga Run (H), Robinson River (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Orange County: Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	2.8%
Virginia:	2.8%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 720
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 75.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 480 (45% naturalized citizens)

Orange County:	1.9%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 110
1990 to 1994: 24
1985 to 1989: 15
1980 to 1984: 84
1975 to 1979: 47
1970 to 1974: 27
1970 to 1974: 51
1965 to 1969: 122

Mean travel time to work: 33.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 44.7%

Orange County marital status for males

Orange County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 9,396
One, attached: 190
Two: 120
3 or 4: 241
5 to 9: 193
10 to 19: 130
20 or more: 96
Mobile homes: 981
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7

Housing units in Orange County with a mortgage: 3,942 (417 second mortgage, 474 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,204

Agriculture in Orange County
Average size of farms: 216 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $75693
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $567.00
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 47.69%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $72067
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 32.36%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 4.52%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $52261
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 85.39%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 22.63
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 7.02%
Corn for grain: 5237 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 739 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 3717 harvested acres
Vegetables: 47 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 293 acres

Orange County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 2.7 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 2 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 7/19/1977, a tornado injured one person and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (20%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Public administration (6%)
Educational services (4%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (15%)
Educational services (13%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Cashiers (4%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Germany (22%)
United Kingdom (9%)
Mexico (9%)
Canada (6%)
Russia (5%)
Japan (4%)
Austria (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Orange County:

United States or American (26%)
English (13%)
German (11%)
Irish (8%)
Italian (4%)
Scotch-Irish (2%)
Scottish (2%)

Orange County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 9,377 (79%)
Carpooled: 1,737 (15%)
Bus or trolley bus: 59 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 12 (0%)
Taxi: 5 (0%)
Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
Bicycle: 16 (0%)
Walked: 293 (2%)
Other means: 39 (0%)
Worked at home: 391 (3%)

People in group quarters in Orange County, Virginia

236 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
199 people in nursing homes
44 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $54,971.

11.78% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($59,652 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.78%
Virginia average:	11.06%

0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($469 average AGI)
Orange County: 0.10%
Virginia average: 0.41%

9.01% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($45,699 average AGI)
2.66% relocated from other states ($13,483 average AGI)
Orange County: 2.66%
Virginia average: 4.24%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Spotsylvania County, VA	1.74% ($56,236 average AGI)
from Prince William County, VA	1.05% ($56,352)
from Culpeper County, VA	0.95% ($41,164)
from Fairfax County, VA	0.88% ($67,813)
from Stafford County, VA	0.88% ($57,402)
from Albemarle County, VA	0.36% ($38,727)
from Madison County, VA	0.31% ($29,026)

8.42% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($45,101 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.42%
Virginia average:	10.78%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.82% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($29,342 average AGI)
2.60% relocated to other states ($15,760 average AGI)
Orange County: 2.60%
Virginia average: 4.13%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Spotsylvania County, VA	0.85% ($43,384 average AGI)
to Culpeper County, VA	0.67% ($38,474)
to Louisa County, VA	0.53% ($37,887)
to Albemarle County, VA	0.46% ($40,074)
to Madison County, VA	0.34% ($30,275)
to Stafford County, VA	0.30% ($38,514)
to Greene County, VA	0.26% ($35,871)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.6

Births per 1000 population in Orange County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.2

Deaths per 1000 population in Orange County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Orange County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 6,066 (5,341 aged, 725 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship

Households: 25,390

In family households: 22,239 (5,518 male householders, 1,958 female householders)
5,957 spouses, 6,938 children (6,316 natural, 148 adopted, 474 stepchildren), 707 grandchildren, 118 brothers or sisters, 223 parents, 314 other relatives, 506 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,151 (1,248 male householders (1,026 living alone)), 1,418 female householders (1,220 living alone)), 485 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 491 (400 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,557 2-persons, 1,725 3-persons, 1,375 4-persons, 540 5-persons, 198 6-persons, 81 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,246 1-person, 370 2-persons, 41 3-persons, 9 4-persons.

3,999 married couples with children.
1,276 single-parent households (373 men, 903 women).

96.9% of residents of Orange County speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $181,916,000 ($6279 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $15,806,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $120,777,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $33,685,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $673,000
Federal grants: $21,360,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,477,000 ($434,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,944,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,685,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $18,550,000
Federal Government insurance: $8,839,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,628

Here:	54 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,589

Here:	53 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +91

Here:	+3 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +4,295

Here:	+142 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Orange County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.45 millions of gallons per day (4% from ground, 96% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.9
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 356
1995 to 1998: 1,328
1990 to 1994: 1,227
1980 to 1989: 2,172
1970 to 1979: 2,255
1960 to 1969: 1,029
1950 to 1959: 897
1940 to 1949: 472
1939 or earlier: 1,618

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Orange County, Virginia:

1 room: 7
2 rooms: 29
3 rooms: 157
4 rooms: 588
5 rooms: 1,623
6 rooms: 2,142
7 rooms: 1,186
8 rooms: 1,160
9 or more rooms: 933

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Orange County, Virginia:

1 room: 8
2 rooms: 87
3 rooms: 246
4 rooms: 510
5 rooms: 706
6 rooms: 385
7 rooms: 178
8 rooms: 93
9 or more rooms: 112

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Orange County:

no bedroom: 7
1 bedroom: 198
2 bedrooms: 1,331
3 bedrooms: 4,541
4 bedrooms: 1,347
5 or more bedrooms: 401

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Orange County:

no bedroom: 15
1 bedroom: 320
2 bedrooms: 853
3 bedrooms: 908
4 bedrooms: 196
5 or more bedrooms: 33

Cars and other vehicles available in Orange County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 275
1 vehicle: 2,105
2 vehicles: 3,160
3 vehicles: 1,609
4 vehicles: 418
5 or more vehicles: 258

Cars and other vehicles available in Orange County in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 273
1 vehicle: 951
2 vehicles: 760
3 vehicles: 272
4 vehicles: 42
5 or more vehicles: 27

59% of Orange County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Virginia.

Orange County:	58.5%
State average:	53.8%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 16145
Northeast: 3110
Midwest: 1359
South: 4052
West: 503

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $117,100

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Electricity (50%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
Wood (7%)
Utility gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Electricity (50%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
Wood (5%)
Utility gas (1%)
Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 212

Here:	7.6%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 164

Here:	11.6%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 93

Here:	17.4%
Virginia:	20.6%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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