What is the population of Orange City city?

Orange City city has 6,312 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #62 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Orange City city?

Median household income in Orange City city is $81,667 a year, 4% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Orange City city?

Median gross rent is $815 a month and the median home value is $245,300, so rent absorbs about 12% of median household income.

Is Orange City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Orange City city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Orange City, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Orange City, Iowa (Orange City, IA — Census place “Orange City city”) is 6,312 residents, ranking #62 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $81,667, the median home is worth $245,300 and median gross rent runs $815 a month. Looking for the Orange City Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Orange City, IA: 51041.

Population: 6,312Orange City city residents
Median household income: $81,667Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $245,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $815Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 31.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.3%Owner-occupied households

Orange City ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Orange City.

The Orange City IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

51041

What the numbers mean in Orange City city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Orange City city median would spend about 12% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.8% of residents and 72.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Orange City city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Orange City city is a mid-size town in Iowa, with 6,312 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #62 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 31.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Orange City city earn a median of $81,667 a year, 4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 20% above the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 10.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Orange City city is valued at $245,300, 19.1% below the national figure and 57% above the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $815 a month, 42% below the national figure, or roughly $9,780 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Orange City city?: Orange City city has 6,312 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #62 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Orange City city?: Median household income in Orange City city is $81,667 a year, 4% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Orange City city?: Median gross rent is $815 a month and the median home value is $245,300, so rent absorbs about 12% of median household income.
Is Orange City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Orange City city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Orange City city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.