A typical Orange home is worth roughly $299,000
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Orange?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
97% of Orange households own their home
Half of Orange’s homes were built before 1984.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
A typical home costs 3.1 years of income
Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Orange home, with $78K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $750 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Orange’s typical property tax (0.90% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Columbia County, PA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
2 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Orange in 2025, all single-family houses. That's 1.8 per 1,000 residents, about the pace of Pennsylvania as a whole. Over the past 10 years, Orange has permitted 24 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Orange's population fell by 96 even though 24 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Pennsylvania: 1.4 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 2 | 2 | 0 | $630,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $630,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $776,000 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $648,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $340,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $400,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $266,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $368,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $332,000 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $358,000 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $547,000 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $703,000 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $879,000 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $703,000 |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $800,000 |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $700,000 |
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 priciest 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 | $299K* | — | $1,050 | 2 | $96,750 |
| Mount Pleasant | $277K* | +4.5%† | $1,170 | 1 | $91,875 |
| North Centre | $231K* | +10.8%† | $1,080 | 17 | $76,591 |
| Fishing Creek | $263K* | — | $1,040 | 6 | $81,932 |
| Scott | $234K* | +4.5%† | $1,200 | 6 | $85,368 |
| Greenwood | $219K* | — | $1,030 | 3 | $68,167 |
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. 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.