Orange grades C− overall: better than 17% of compared French towns, and #24 of 38 in Vaucluse. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 1.3 jobs per working resident; 16.0% unemployment. At the median price of €2,296/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Orange en Provence. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Orange with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Orange.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Unemployment in Orange, 16.0%, runs above Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €22,620 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 3.5% of working residents in Orange to work at the census.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot8%
Bicycle4%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
14,750
jobs based in Orange, 1.3 per working resident
16.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,620
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 81% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Orange has 16 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Since 2023, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. Protection here reaches back to Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Orange is Arc antique.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C
Orange is graded a C for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
971 sales of houses and apartments in Orange, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,296/m². In Orange, houses go for €2,598/m² and apartments for €1,797/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.21/m² a month, close to Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,296/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Orange€2,296/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,598/m²
511
Apartments
€1,797/m²
460
€11.21/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.92 to €14.08/m² a month)
6.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.25/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,700
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pays d'Orange en Provence
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
More crime per resident in Orange than in 66% of compared French towns
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 8 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 17.3. Over 2025, Orange logged 724 recorded offenses. This Vaucluse town has 14,750 jobs for 11,150 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage276
Other physical violence105
Family violence93
Theft from vehicles83
Burglary82
Vehicle theft43
Sexual violence42
Drug use325
Theft without violence251
Fraud245
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
724
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HealthHealth C+
More deaths than expected: Orange is above 64% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Orange can choose among 16 GPs. Its three care homes for older people (278 places) count their residents as Orange’s; allowing for them, deaths were 7% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 3,117 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 3,147, 1% more. In Vaucluse, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
16
GPs in Orange · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange
1.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Orange hold a degree than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 26%
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, about level with compared French towns (11%) and above Vaucluse’s towns (9.7%). Ages in Orange split evenly at 45.2: half are older, half younger. People 65 and over make up 24% of the town.
45.2median age
OrangeVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Mireille Ballestrazzi: National Police of Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Jacqueline Audry: François de Lavalette, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Thierry Mariani: ФРД, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Camille du Locle: Christian Wilhelm Allers, Public domain · Anne-Marie Comparini: Tanguygz, CC BY 4.0
Orange’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Orange
Is Orange safe?
It grades C for safety, #30 of 38 in Vaucluse. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 82 burglaries and 276 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Orange good?
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns and #16 of 36 in Vaucluse. The lycée stands out: 100% of 110 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Louis in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Orange expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,296/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Orange grades C for cost of living.
About Orange
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Orange is a commune of 29,706 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Orange en Provence. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
