Orange Cove is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 9,497 people and two associated neighborhoods, Orange Cove is the 425th largest community in California.When you are in Orange Cove, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 60.63% of Orange Cove’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Orange Cove is a city of farmers, fishers, or foresters, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orange Cove who work in farm management occupations (27.64%), office and administrative support (11.20%), and teaching (4.18%). You will also find that a lot of people in Orange Cove work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms. One downside of living in Orange Cove is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Orange Cove, the average commute to work is 33.21 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small city, Orange Cove does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Orange Cove with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.19% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Orange Cove in 2022 was $14,379, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $57,516 for a family of four. However, Orange Cove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Orange Cove also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.96% of its population below the federal poverty line.Orange Cove is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Orange Cove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Orange Cove, accounting for 95.76% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Orange Cove residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Orange Cove include Scots-Irish, German, French, Portuguese, and Irish. Orange Cove also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 34.28%. The most common language spoken in Orange Cove is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
