Photo: UncleVinny · CC BY 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Orangevale works elsewhere
Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns. There are 5,098 jobs in Orangevale, and 15,125 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Orangevale are B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Income, poverty and work: Orangevale’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Orangevale is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #321 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Orangevale’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Orangevale could be anywhere from B− to A−.
In and out of Orangevale on a workday
On a workday 14,422 residents head out to work, 703 work right here, and 4,395 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26,000 people are in Orangevale on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Sacramento
Where Orangevale clocks in
17% of workers
8% of workers
8% of workersLines 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 kinds of work in Orangevale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orangevale, 2013 → 2023: 4,424 → 5,098. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Orangevale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Orangevale’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orangevale workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,464 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Orangevale works
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Orangevale is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Orangevale is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #601 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 16,614 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 41% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 2% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.5% of Orangevale households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Orangevale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,239 U.S. towns of 25,000 to 49,000, Orangevale comes 639th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Lafayette CA | 25,313 | $228K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 637 | Florence KY | 34,018 | $71K | 9.5% | 3.1% | 17% | B+ |
| 638 | Cutler Bay FL | 44,750 | $89K | 9.7% | 4.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 639 | Orangevale CA | 35,958 | $100K | 10.4% | 5.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 640 | Woodbridge VA | 43,945 | $105K | 9.0% | 6.5% | 6% | B+ |
| 641 | Mandan ND | 25,061 | $72K | 9.8% | 1.5% | 25% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,239 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Orangevale, the top three, the last and three more from California.
11% of Orangevale works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Folsom (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orangevale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orangevale | – | B+ | B | 28 min | $99,832 |
| Folsom | 8% | A− | A | 27 min | $139,804 |
| Fair Oaks | under 3% | B+ | A− | 30 min | $116,975 |
| Citrus Heights | 3% | B | A | 28 min | $82,314 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Orangevale’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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.
Jobs and commuting in Orangevale: questions
What is the median household income in Orangevale?
$99,832 (±$7,505) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orangevale?
10.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orangevale?
28 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orangevale work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (17%, 16 mi), Roseville (8%, 8 mi), Folsom (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Orangevale walkable?
Orangevale is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Orangevale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 2% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orangevale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orangevale
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.