Orchard Homes is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. It is part of the Missoula metropolitan area. The population was 5,377 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Orchard Homes is located in central Missoula County at (46.860044, -114.058028). It is bordered to the east by the city of Missoula.

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runs just east of the community, leading north to

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and south to

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. Downtown Missoula is east of Orchard Homes. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 4.44%, are water. The CDP is bordered to the north by the

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and to the west and south by its tributary, the

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Demographics

At the 2000

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, there were 5,199 people, 2,034 households and 1,466 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,091 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.35%

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, 0.13%

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, 1.35% Native American, 1.29%

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, 0.12%

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, 0.52% from other races, and 1.25% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.35% of the population. There were 2,034 households, of which 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% were

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living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 21.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.96. 24.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males. The

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was $40,240 and the median family income was $47,612. Males had a median income of $32,226 and females $20,576 for. The

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was $17,885. About 4.4% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the

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, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Orchard Homes is divided between Target Range Elementary School District and Missoula Elementary School District, with a small portion in Hellgate Elementary School District. All of it is in Missoula High School District.

References

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