Orangevale is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 35,569 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Orangevale is the 229th largest community in California. Housing costs in Orangevale are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.Orangevale is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Orangevale is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orangevale who work in management occupations (15.66%), office and administrative support (12.67%), and sales jobs (9.37%). Also of interest is that Orangevale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.53% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Orangevale is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.62% of adults in Orangevale have a college degree. The per capita income in Orangevale in 2022 was $43,370, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,480 for a family of four. However, Orangevale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Orangevale is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Orangevale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Orangevale residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Orangevale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.55% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Orangevale include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Orangevale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
