Louis P. Thursby House · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 1.8 jobs in Orange City for every working resident, and 9,826 people commute in
Employers in Orange City report 10,297 jobs; 5,662 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Orange City is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (B−). Measured by household income, Orange City is behind 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Orange City: the figures worth knowing
Orange City is where the jobs are
Orange City has 10,297 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Orange City has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Orange City went from 7,647 in 2013 to 10,297 in 2023, +35%. The jobs ↓
Orange City draws workers from far and wide
The 10,297 jobs in Orange City are filled from a wide area. Orange City’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 39%; the other 56% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Orange City
Job access by car holds Orange City’s grade up (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($57,800, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Orange City could be anywhere from C to A−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Orange City
On a workday 5,191 residents head out to work and 471 work right here.
About 20,000 people are in Orange City on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 Orange City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orange City, 2013 → 2023: 7,647 → 10,297. 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 Orange City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Orange City: where workers come from
Where Orange City clocks in
10% 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.
About 26 minutes each way, about the FL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orange City workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,550 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Orange City
About 20% 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.
Driving is how Orange City gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,486 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 62% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 14% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% 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). 7.3% of Orange City households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Orange City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Orange City is 1,305th of 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 80 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,303 | Anacortes WA | 18,080 | $92K | 7.3% | 4.2% | 27% | B− |
| 1,304 | Adelphi MD | 17,395 | $82K | 16.2% | 6.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,305 | Orange City FL | 15,309 | $58K | 10.4% | 3.6% | 8% | B− |
| 1,306 | Punta Gorda FL | 20,383 | $86K | 8.3% | 5.0% | 13% | B− |
| 1,307 | Union MO | 13,445 | $73K | 8.1% | 3.7% | 18% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Orange City, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How Orange City compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to DeBary (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orange City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange City | – | B− | B− | 26 min | $57,800 |
| DeBary | 2% | A− | B+ | 28 min | $88,569 |
| Deltona | 2% | B | B− | 34 min | $76,924 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Orange City’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 Orange City: questions
What is the median household income in Orange City?
$57,800 (±$13,335) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orange City?
10.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orange City?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orange City work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are DeLand (10%, 6 mi), Orlando (8%, 32 mi), Sanford (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Orange City walkable?
Orange City is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Orange City without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 14% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orange City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orange City
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.