Photo: Hikki Nagasaki · Public domainWith 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Orland works elsewhere
The two grades for Orland are C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. There are 1,922 jobs in Orland; 3,669 of its residents have a job. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.1 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 17.5 in Los Angeles.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Orland in brief
Commutes from Orland are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Orland and Chico trade workers both ways
Chico is the top workplace for Orland residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Orland come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Orland gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Orland is better than 21% of U.S. towns, #706 of 847 in California. Unemployment holds Orland’s grade up (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Orland could be anywhere from D to B−.
How long Orland spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orland workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,132 commuters (the 7% 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.
17% of working residents work in Chico
Where Orland clocks in
17% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
Orland’s commute, mile by mile
About 32% 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.
How a workday changes Orland
On a workday 3,105 residents head out to work, 564 work right here, and 1,358 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Orland on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
The kinds of work in Orland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orland, 2013 → 2023: 1,504 → 1,922. 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 Orland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Orland is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Orland is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #435 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% 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 3,382 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 32% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% 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). 5.0% of Orland households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Orland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Orland is 2,504th of 2,947 U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,502 | Liberty Township OH | 10,515 | $63K | 16.2% | 4.9% | 26% | C− |
| 2,503 | University of California-Davis CA | 8,696 | $19K | 66.4% | 18.2% | 18% | C− |
| 2,504 | Orland CA | 8,381 | $65K | 16.9% | 5.0% | 15% | C− |
| 2,505 | Caribou ME | 7,321 | $54K | 15.5% | 3.4% | 42% | C− |
| 2,506 | Grand Rapids MN | 11,181 | $61K | 15.5% | 5.3% | 50% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,947 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Orland, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Orland: questions
What is the median household income in Orland?
$64,945 (±$8,019) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orland?
16.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orland?
20 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orland work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chico (17%, 20 mi), Willows (7%, 16 mi), Redding (3%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Orland walkable?
Orland is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Orland without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orland
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.