In October 2016, they paid $855,000 for a five-bedroom, 4,650-square-foot house built in 1995 on a cul-de-sac, with 2.59 acres and a pool.

Orange’s nearly 14,000 residents live on tree-lined streets laid out among meadows, forests and working farms. A picturesque green in the town center is surrounded by historic homes, some dating to the 18th century.

But there is plenty of 21st-century commerce. Running through the western half of town, Route 15 has two Orange exits. Interstate 95 cuts across the town’s southeastern tip, parallel to Boston Post Road, a busy corridor of big-box stores, restaurants and businesses (including one of only two international headquarters of PEZ Candy). And there are two Metro-North stations nearby.

James M. Zeoli, Orange’s first selectman and a lifelong resident, touted the town’s attractions: easy accessibility, various shopping and dining options, strong schools, green space, welcoming nature. “It’s a comfortable place to raise a family,” he said.

What You’ll Find

Orange is primarily residential, with retail and industry confined mainly to the southeastern corner. The town has more than 1,100 acres of open space, Mr. Zeoli said, where meandering stone walls once demarcated pastures.

Image 48 FARM HILL ROAD | A four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom house built in 2002 on 1.05 acres, listed for $879,000. 203-676-8913 Credit... Jane Beiles for The New York Times

There are 4,683 single-family homes, many of them ranch-style, built in the 1950s and 1960s, when Orange was growing as a suburb of New Haven and Bridgeport. There are 25 two-family homes, as well as 245 condominiums in five complexes and 257 rental apartments in four buildings, some of them designated as affordable. There are no cooperative complexes.