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Jobs & commute in Orange Park Acres

Orange Park Acres has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each

Orange Park Acres has 143 jobs for 473 working residents. Hardly any stay in Orange Park Acres for work; outside it, Orange is the main destination (14%, 5 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

143 jobs based here
Work in town
1%
3 of 473 working residents
What stands out

Orange Park Acres and work: the main findings

3jobs for every ten working residents
★ What stands out · Day and night

Orange Park Acres by day and by night

On a workday 470 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere.

470live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
140work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
0.30jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Orange Park Acres goes to work

Tustin: 11 residents work here (2%)Mission ViejoGarden Grove: 9 residents work here (2%)Costa Mesa: 10 residents work here (2%)Orange: 64 residents work here (14%)Newport Beach: 14 residents work here (3%)Fullerton: 11 residents work here (2%)Simi ValleySanta Ana: 49 residents work here (10%)Los Angeles: 29 residents work here (6%)Anaheim: 40 residents work here (8%)Long BeachIrvine: 47 residents work here (10%)Orange Park AcresOrangeSanta AnaIrvineAnaheimLos AngelesNewport BeachOrange Park Acres
1
Orange4.7 mi away
14%64
2
Santa Ana7.4 mi away
10%49
3
Irvine8.8 mi away
10%47
4
Anaheim3.8 mi away
8%40
5
Los Angeles38.9 mi away
6%29
6
Newport Beach13.2 mi away
3%14
7
Tustin5.3 mi away
2%11
8
Fullerton10 mi away
2%11
9
Costa Mesa12.1 mi away
2%10
10
Garden Grove10.4 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%189
The top trips

Where Orange Park Acres clocks in

14% of workers
4.7 mi awayOrange64 Orange Park Acres residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10% of workers
7.4 mi awaySanta Ana49 Orange Park Acres residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10% of workers
8.8 mi awayIrvine47 Orange Park Acres residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

Jobs based in Orange Park AcresJobs Orange Park Acres residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms8%20%
Trade, transport & utilities2%15%
Services: health, schools, offices90%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less4%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%17%
Over $3,333 a month78%71%

Who does it

29 or younger26%17%
30 to 5457%48%
55 and older17%35%
+63%

Jobs based in Orange Park Acres, 2014 → 2024: 88 → 143. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Orange Park Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

How far Orange Park Acres goes to work

10 mi25 mi45 miOrange: 14% · 4.7 miSanta Ana: 10% · 7.4 miIrvine: 10% · 8.8 miAnaheim: 8% · 3.8 miLos Angeles: 6% · 38.9 miNewport Beach: 3% · 13.2 miTustin: 2% · 5.3 miFullerton: 2% · 10 miCosta Mesa: 2% · 12.1 miGarden Grove: 2% · 10.4 miOrange 14%Santa Ana 10%Irvine 10%Anaheim 8%Los Angeles 6%Orange Park Acres
Orange Park AcresTop destinations (size = commuters)
46%Under 10 mi219 residents
32%10–24 mi150 residents
12%25–50 mi59 residents
10%Over 50 mi45 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Orange Park Acres: questions

Where do people who live in Orange Park Acres work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orange (14%, 5 mi), Santa Ana (10%, 7 mi), Irvine (10%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Orange Park Acres, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Orange Park Acres

Orange Park Acres home →
HandbookGetting around Orange Park AcresRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in CAShortest commutes, work from home & more

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.