Orange County, New York

406,616 people. The median home is worth $387,900 (typical New York town: $217,700) and the median household earns $97,178.

Towns in Orange County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Palm Tree	32,954	$758,800	$50,032	15.7
Kiryas Joel	32,954	$758,800	$50,032	15.7
Warwick	32,027	$458,800	$119,328	44.0
Newburgh	31,985	$375,700	$111,615	42.7
Wallkill	30,486	$353,200	$96,076	41.2
Middletown	30,345	$308,600	$79,346	36.3
Newburgh	28,856	$247,900	$56,960	33.6
New Windsor	27,805	$371,900	$95,071	42.0
Montgomery	23,322	$347,600	$92,939	39.2
Monroe	21,387	$462,100	$112,199	36.9
Blooming Grove	18,811	$395,500	$95,967	34.7
Goshen	14,571	$458,700	$121,442	43.0
Highlands	12,939	$337,700	$116,111	31.1
Cornwall	12,884	$444,800	$114,635	42.3
Chester	12,646	$435,000	$139,778	40.2
Woodbury	11,526	$452,200	$121,221	37.2
Scotchtown	10,578	$344,300	$96,689	36.2
Orange Lake	9,770	$362,100	$109,063	45.9
Monroe	9,343	$427,800	$109,851	32.6
Crawford	9,130	$428,800	$134,955	39.0
New Windsor	8,882	$345,200	$81,340	46.9
Port Jervis	8,775	$236,700	$47,917	40.2
Mechanicstown	8,065	$344,200	$81,250	40.4
Wawayanda	7,534	$401,000	$143,017	38.1
Deerpark	7,509	$247,400	$73,081	45.5
West Point	7,341	—	$135,333	21.5
Walden	6,818	$333,500	$87,487	37.0
Warwick	6,652	$438,100	$89,609	51.4
Mount Hope	6,537	$368,900	$91,475	44.2
Goshen	5,777	$396,300	$104,643	46.8
Washingtonville	5,657	$355,700	$95,313	41.2
Hamptonburgh	5,489	$503,300	$122,250	44.1
Firthcliffe	5,022	$407,400	$101,250	39.9
Greenville	4,689	$380,400	$122,521	38.1
Minisink	4,621	$452,200	$127,690	39.8
Gardnertown	4,542	$311,700	$113,277	43.3
Chester	3,993	$330,200	$100,514	38.7
South Blooming Grove	3,973	$509,900	$62,316	24.3
Walton Park	3,907	$466,900	$157,276	38.6
Montgomery	3,834	$361,300	$90,214	39.8
Highland Falls	3,684	$353,900	$110,714	43.9
Vails Gate	3,368	$310,100	$70,688	40.0
Balmville	3,197	$392,200	$120,694	47.2
Maybrook	3,150	$257,500	$72,389	51.7
Cornwall-on-Hudson	3,075	$471,200	$140,208	46.6
Greenwood Lake	2,994	$340,100	$72,902	42.7
Florida	2,888	$361,800	$123,250	38.1
Harriman	2,714	$270,000	$83,488	40.0
Beaver Dam Lake	2,609	$425,200	$120,755	36.4

People and housing

	Orange County	Typical New York town
Median home value	$387,900	$217,700
Median rent	$1,680	$1,080
Median household income	$97,178	$80,740
Median age	37.0	43.5
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	30.4%
Below the poverty line	12.6%	9.3%

Jobs and pay

155,524 jobs in 2024, average pay $62,619 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

Storms since 1996

NOAA recorded 837 storm events in Orange County from 1996 to 2026, with 10 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Federal disaster declarations

Orange County has been included in 36 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
November 15, 2024	Fire	FM-5547: Jennings Creek Fire
July 22, 2023	Severe Storm	DR-4723: Severe Storms And Flooding
September 5, 2021	Hurricane	DR-4615: Remnants Of Hurricane Ida
September 2, 2021	Hurricane	EM-3572: Remnants Of Hurricane Ida
August 22, 2021	Hurricane	EM-3565: Hurricane Henri
March 20, 2020	Biological	DR-4480: Covid-19 Pandemic

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).