A typical Orange home is worth roughly $303,000
Home prices around Orange have risen about 87% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Orange?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Home prices up 87% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Orange rose 87% over the past 5 years, faster than across New Hampshire (66%). Last year prices rose 11%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Orange, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
What it takes to buy in Orange
Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Orange home, with $46K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,690 a month here, $310 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the New Hampshire typical property tax (1.66% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
98% of Orange households own their home
Half of Orange’s homes were built before 1986.
New Hampshire: 73% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,690
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Grafton County, NH): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
1 new home permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 1 new home in Orange in 2025. Over the past 10 years, Orange has permitted 12 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Orange's population fell by 54 even though 6 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. 21% of Orange's homes are seasonal or vacation homes, which adds housing without adding residents. Across New Hampshire: 1.8 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 1 | 1 | 0 | $311,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $311,000 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $991,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $601,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $279,000 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $248,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $282,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $248,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $246,000 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $211,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $181,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $50,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $50,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $50,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $50,000 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $364,000 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $364,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $78,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Orange vs. its neighbors
Orange is the least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
Compare more
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | $303K* | +10.6%† | $1,690 | 1 | $118,750 |
| Alexandria | $414K | +1.9% | $1,890 | — | $89,194 |
| Canaan | $395K | +3.3% | $1,690 | 29 | $81,583 |
| Grafton | $313K | +0.1% | $1,810 | 15 | $81,563 |
| Groton | $355K | +1.8% | $1,600 | 12 | $85,625 |
| Dorchester | $352K | +10.9% | $1,400 | 0 | — |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Orange buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.