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Orange

United States · GDP 2024
#358 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$13.1B
GDP growth
+5.6%
Jobs tracked
51,807
Employers
3,491
Avg. wage
$75.0k
Population
152,498
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$90.1k±$2.4k
Business applications
2,161 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1James River Group Holdings, Ltd.Financial Services$687.6M59C2Investors Title CompanyFinancial Services$40.9M70B3Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare$049D

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care48%
Food & accommodation16%
Retail trade15%
Manufacturing8%
Professional services7%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
152,498
residents · 2025 · +6.1% since 2020
Income per capita $87.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,866
International migration+4,251
Natural change+1,083

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$9.5B
2019
$9.6B
2020
$10.4B
2021
$11.4B
2022
$12.4B
2023
$13.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$459.5k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
8.8%±1.1%
Affordability
6.1× wages
Residential permits
666 (4.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
79.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 86Lightning 85Heat wave 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
623
2016
656
2017
688
2018
722
2019
742
2020
817
2021
986
2022
1092
2023
1152
2024
1190
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.2 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
NS
Nearest port
188.4 km
WELLS OATES LUMBER CO
Nearest commercial airport
36.2 km
RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

16 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KTenax Therapeutics, Inc.07-02
8-KTenax Therapeutics, Inc.06-30
8-KTenax Therapeutics, Inc.06-29
8-KJames River Group Holdings, Ltd.06-17
8-KJames River Group Holdings, Ltd.06-08
8-KTenax Therapeutics, Inc.06-04
8-KInvestors Title Company05-20
8-KTenax Therapeutics, Inc.05-12
10-QTenax Therapeutics, Inc.05-12
8-KJames River Group Holdings, Ltd.05-12
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$75.0k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Union$13.1BCabarrus$13.0BImperial$12.9BButte$12.9BCherokee$13.3BBeaufort$12.9B
The read

Orange's economy produced $13.1B in 2024, growing 5.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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