Orange Grove is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,178 people and two associated neighborhoods, Orange Grove is the 798th largest community in Texas.When you are in Orange Grove, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 43.65% of Orange Grove’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Orange Grove is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Orange Grove who work in personal care services (8.05%), management occupations (7.12%), and food service (5.88%). One downside of living in Orange Grove is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Orange Grove, the average commute to work is 32.69 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small city, Orange Grove does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Orange Grove who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.13% of the adults in Orange Grove have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Orange Grove in 2022 was $29,816, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,264 for a family of four. However, Orange Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Orange Grove is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Orange Grove 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 Grove, accounting for 54.74% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Orange Grove residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Orange Grove include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Orange Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
