38,986 people (2024 Census estimate, +7.1% since 2020)
341 square miles of land · 114 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
6 active community water systems list Orange County in the area they serve, reporting 20,808 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WILDERNESS surface water · local government · VA6137999 | 13,274 served |
| ORANGE, TOWN OF surface water · local government · VA6137500 | 5,022 served |
| GORDONSVILLE, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · VA6137400 | 1,800 served |
| RSA ROUTE 20 groundwater · local government · VA6137120 | 390 served |
| RSA ROUTE 15 buys surface water · local government · VA6137300 | 284 served |
| WOLFTRAP WOODS groundwater · private · VA6137900 | 38 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 437 people were held in Orange County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 104.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Orange County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $72.5 million — $67 million to run schools, about $13,297 per student, plus $5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $25.5 million local (mostly property tax), $37.5 million state, $11.6 million federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Orange County about $11.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
70 bridges in Orange County: 18 in good condition, 50 fair, and 2 poor (2.9%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| Flat Run Road over Flat Run · built 1993 | 1,960 vehicles a day |
| Dolly Madison Road over Norfolk Southern Railway · built 1948 | 124 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.9 million of work in Orange County in fiscal 2025, about $107 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Early voting: 2026-09-18 to 2026-10-31. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-23. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-23. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Virginia Department of Elections: upcoming elections · Virginia Department of Elections: voter FAQ · Virginia Department of Elections: absentee voting
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Orange County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Orange County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Culpeper County (17 mi) · Madison County (18 mi) · Louisa County (19 mi) · Spotsylvania County (20 mi) · Greene County (25 mi) · Fredericksburg city (29 mi).