County profile
Orange County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#358 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$13.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
51,807
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,491
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$75.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
152,498
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$90.1k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
61.8%±1.8%
Poverty rate
12.5%±1.0%
Business applications
2,161 · 2025
Retail establishments
337
22.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1James River Group Holdings, Ltd.Financial Services$687.6M58C2Investors Title CompanyFinancial Services$40.9M70B3Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare$049DHQ-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
$9.5B2019
$9.6B2020
$10.4B2021
$11.4B2022
$12.4B2023
$13.1B2024
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
$181.4M
666 units · 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
6232016
6562017
6882018
7222019
7422020
8172021
9862022
10922023
11522024
11902025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -27% since 20219122021
4852022
1,0112023
3752024
6662025
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 EDGAR6 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$75.0k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Orange?
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.