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Orchards, Washington.

A community in Clark County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Clark County’s.

Living in Orchards, Clark County, Washington

Orchards, in Clark County, had 27,729 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $100,146 a year and half less, against $97,536 across Clark County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 66% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. Unemployment in Clark County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 27,729 in the 2020 census; median age 35.3
Household income $100,146 the median, give or take $9,886 · Clark County: $97,536
Unemployment 4.8% Clark County, August 2026; 4.8% a year before
Homes 66% lived in by their owners; 34% rented
  • 10,176households
  • 25%of adults have a degree
  • 10%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 15%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care19%
  • Manufacturing14%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Clark County had 182,798 jobs in 2025, 0.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 45° and 32°; warmest in August, 80° and 50° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A 80° 50° S O N D 45° 32°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 45° and 32°; warmest in August, 80° and 50° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A 80° 50° S O N D 45° 32°

Coldest in December, with highs near 45° and lows near 32°; warmest in August, with highs near 80° and lows near 50°. About 1 inches of snow and 52 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Battle Ground weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Orchards

  1. Fred Meyer StoresWarehouse clubs and supercenters271
  2. AmafleetCouriers and express delivery services151
  3. Kestrel Engineering GroupMining engineering services134
  4. Hope Human Services Vancouver131
  5. Pacific Lifestyle HomesConstruction88
  6. Cogir of VancouverAssisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities58
  7. TigerStopSewing machines, industrial, merchant wholesalers57
  8. Hawk LogisticsTrucking54

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,143 people in all. 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

  1. Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of OrchardsRelatively moderate
  2. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Orchards’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. 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 Clark County.