Orange, Massachusetts.
Typical home $322,669 (+0.6% in a year), asking rent $1,550 . Springfield, MA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,005 (+146%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $1,861 +1%
- $320,808$322,669 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $74,978 +30%
- $247,690$322,669 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Orange$1,694
- Massachusetts$3,439
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Orange, MA rose 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Orange, in Franklin County, had 3,636 people in the 2020 census. 66% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. Unemployment in Franklin County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Orange is a small community in Franklin County, home to a population that is younger than in many New England towns. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values sit well above what the county's incomes might suggest. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers turn pleasantly warm in July, and precipitation is steady through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and the building trades also common. Orange Schools and Ralph C Mahar Schools are among the largest workplaces in town, alongside Rodney Hunt, a metal fabricator. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and a typical commute is a moderate one, with only a small number working from home.
Things to do. Several natural spots lie a short drive away, including Doane's Falls, a waterfall, and Tully Lake, a reservoir good for a quiet afternoon. Bear's Den, a protected area, and the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail are also close by for walking. For a longer outing, the Emily Dickinson Museum is a longer drive away.
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- 1,396households
- 13%of adults have a degree
- 24 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Franklin County had 25,008 jobs in 2025, 1.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 60°. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Orange Municipal Airport weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Orange
- Orange SchoolsSchool district92FTE
- Ralph C Mahar SchoolsSchool district88FTE
- Petes Tire Barns441320 tire dealers69
- Rodney Hunt - OrangePlate work, fabricated metal, manufacturing45
- Hi-De LinersBags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing29
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 143 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Orange’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Franklin County and the Springfield, MA metro.
Orange home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Orange$322,669
- Massachusetts$655,219
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 8 Orange listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Orange12.86%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Orange23
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Orange9
Zip codes with a Orange address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Orange — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.