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Orange Park AcresCA

A town in California.

Jobs based here
143
A commuter town
Founded
1928
98 years ago

Is Orange Park Acres a good place to live?

Orange Park Acres’ January low is 47°F, against 40°F in California’s towns and 22°F across U.S. towns. Orange Park Acres’ density of trails is 2.5 miles per square mile, above both the California town median (1.0) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). We don’t grade Orange Park Acres yet; the figures below are still real.

Orange Park Acres canyon
Orange Park Acres canyon, 2014
Orange Park Acres’s story

98 years in pictures

The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2014 and 8 maps from 1896 on.

  • 1928Orange Park Acres is founded
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A commuter town

99% of working residents leave Orange Park Acres for work

Where Orange Park Acres’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

14% → Orange Orange 14% 10% → Santa Ana Santa Ana 10% 10% → Irvine Irvine 10% 8% → Anaheim Anaheim 8% 6% → Los Angeles Los Angeles 6% 3% → Newport Beach Newport Beach 3% Orange Park Acres · 1% stay
143jobs based in Orange Park Acres
1%of working residents work in town
10 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2024

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Orange Park Acres.

Natural hazards

Top of a very high hazard risk in Orange Park Acres: earthquakes

83risk score of 100

Of the losses FEMA expects in Orange Park Acres, 62% come from earthquakes and 37% from inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 83% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 5 claims locally since 1983.

FEMA risk score
83Very high riskLowerHigher
EarthquakesInland flooding
5
paid flood claims since 1983

FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Work & commute

Orange Park Acres stands out in California and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally

1%work in town

The median commute is under 10 miles. Orange Park Acres had 143 jobs in 2024, up 55 from 2014. The top destinations are Orange (14%), Santa Ana (10%) and Irvine (10%).

Where working residents work

In Orange Park Acres1%
Orange14%
Santa Ana10%
Irvine10%
Anaheim8%
10 mi
median commute distance
143
jobs based in Orange Park Acres
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2024 · ACS

Climate

Expect mild winters and hot summers in Orange Park Acres

89°summer high

July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 47° and snow is almost unheard of.

Typical low → high °F

Winter46–68°
Spring52–74°
Summer61–86°
Fall56–81°
+2.2°
vs. the 20th-century average
89°
typical summer high

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Outdoors

0% of Orange Park Acres is conserved land

0%conserved

1.5 miles of trail.

0%
conserved · 0 of 391 acres
1.5 mi
of trails · 2.5 per sq mi

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Orange Park Acres

14pages on Orange Park Acres
Nearby attractions

Disneyland and 213 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Orange Park Acres. Close and well known come first.

All 274 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Disneyland: HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · SoFi Stadium: Thank You (21 Millions+) views, CC BY 2.0 · Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · Knott's Berry Farm: Phydend at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Angel Stadium of Anaheim: Staff Sgt. Chad McMeen, Public domain · USS Iowa: PH1 Jeff Hilton, Public domain

Getting set up

Moving to Orange Park Acres: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Orange Park Acres, and how to reach them.

PowerSouthern California Edison31.5¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterCity of Orange water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet5 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
SchoolsOrange Unified School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereOrange County Registrar of VotersOrange County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2025
ZIP code9286992869 100%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

After high school

Colleges nearby

34 within 15 miles of the center of Orange Park Acres

About Orange Park Acres

Unincorporated community in Orange County, California, United States

Orange Park Acres is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) surrounded by the city of Orange in Orange County, California. Orange Park Acres is bounded loosely by the tops of the hills as seen from the valley to the west (toward the City of Orange), Santiago Creek to the north, the holding basin behind the dam, the cemetery and Irvine Park to the east, and the top of the hills across Chapman as seen from the valley to the south. It comprises approximately 5,500 residents and is about 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2) in size. Almost all the homes in this county island are set on lots of 20,000 square feet (2,000 m2), a minimum requirement for this sector of Orange County. Mo…

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