Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Orange Park is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, ranked 89th of 634 in Florida, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 79% of Florida towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $311K, 3.9 years of the Jacksonville metro’s $80K median household income. Only 19 of Florida’s 779 towns score higher on hazard risk. Orange Park has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Winterbourne and Orange Park Negro Elementary School.
Where Orange Park beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Orange Park Elementary School | K–6 | 489 |
| Grove Park Elementary School | PK–6 | 445 |
| Grace Episcopal Day School | PK–8 | 165 |
Winterbourne
Census counts: 134 in 1880, 9,089 in 2020. The archive holds 17 old photos and papers going back to 1893 and 6 maps from 1917 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Orange Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Orange Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaEverBank Field
30 mi National MonumentCastillo de San Marcos National Monument598K visitors a year
11 mi Stadium & arenaVyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
19 mi National MemorialFort Caroline National Memorial369K visitors a year
11 mi MuseumUSS Orleck
11 mi TheatreDaily's PlaceEverBank Field: AndrewAvitus, CC BY 3.0 · Castillo de San Marcos National Monument: National Park Service, Public domain · VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena: Nichos (talk), Public domain · Fort Caroline National Memorial: NPS Photo, Public domain · USS Orleck: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Daily's Place: Itsbydesign, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Orange Park, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Orange Park.
Orange Park carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Florida (mostly inland flooding), draws workers from Jacksonville and beyond and fares better on crime within Florida than nationally.
6,299 jobs are based in Orange Park, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Orange Park for work: only 6% work in town. 14% of Orange Park residents live below the poverty line, above both the Florida town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). The top destinations are Jacksonville (47%), Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace (5%) and Green Cove Springs (5%).
| Orange Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 9.6% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Clay school district. Three of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is ST. Johns Classical Academy Orange Park, with 405 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Park Junior High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 832 | C+ |
| ST. Johns Classical Academy Orange ParkLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 405 | – |
| Orange Park Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 489 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
January nights average 44.2°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 79% of Florida places with climate records; July afternoons average 91.8°.
Orange Park has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. At 44°F, Orange Park’s January low is below Florida’s towns (51°F) but above U.S. towns (22°F). Orange Park’s July high is 92°F.
| Orange Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 44°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
56% of Orange Park households own their home. The typical Orange Park home is worth about $311,000, down 0.7% in a year, 17% below the Florida typical home. The median rent in Orange Park is $1,429 a month.
| Orange Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 56% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,429 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
People 65 and older are 27% of residents (21% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (21% statewide). 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Florida.
| Orange Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 27% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 49.1 years | 42.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 18% | 20% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.7 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Orange Park | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.5% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.8% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.6% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.1% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.4% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.4% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13.7% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.7% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.4% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.1% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 97% of Florida towns, with expected losses of about $239 per resident a year; that rating is what its B for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1979, 83 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Orange Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.6 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Orange Park Sports & Recreational Park, at 30 acres.
| Orange Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Orange Park Sports & Recreational Park | — | 30 |
| 2. Clarke House Park | — | 15 |
| 3. Town Hall Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Orange Park beats the Florida average on 7 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 43% of adults have high blood pressure in Orange Park.
| Orange Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Orange Park | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.5% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.7% | 13.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.8% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 18.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 64% of Florida’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 101 to 72 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Orange Park reports less crime per resident than 50% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
7 within 15 miles of the center of Orange Park
About 5 of every 100 Orange Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
Where Orange Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
8 places in Orange Park on the National Register of Historic Places.
13 notable people were born in Orange Park.
Town in Florida, United States
Orange Park is a town in Clay County, Florida, United States. As a suburb of Jacksonville in neighboring Duval County, it is formally a part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,089 at the 2020 census, up from 8,412 from the 2010 census. while the Town of Orange Park is only 5.32 sq mi large, Orange Park is the designated city on all addresses for all homes and businesses within the zip codes 32065 and 32073, which includes Lakeside, Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace and Oakleaf Plantation. The town's name reflects the hope of its founders for a fruit-growing industry, but their crops were destroyed in the Great Freeze of 1894–1895. Despite recovery els…
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4 towns share a border with Orange Park.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Park | #89 | B | C+ | B− | A− | B− |
| Lakeside | #160 | B− | C+ | — | A− | B− |
| Fleming Island | #32 | B+ | C− | — | A− | A |
| Jacksonville | #437 | C− | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace | #151 | B− | C+ | — | A− | C |
Lakeside, Fleming Island, Jacksonville and Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Orange Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Orange Park grades B overall, better than 59% of U.S. towns and #89 of 634 in Florida. It grades B− for health, B− for safety and A− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
13 notable people were born here, including Christopher Fogt and Billy Butler.
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