Photo: Nyttend · Public domainOrange Township has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Orange Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C. There are 894 jobs in Orange Township; 1,596 of its residents have a job. Only 6% work in Orange Township itself; outside it, Kendallville draws the most (15%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Orange Township
Jobs in Orange Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Orange Township went from 364 in 2013 to 894 in 2023, +146%. The jobs ↓
Orange Township makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Orange Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Orange Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 44%. The jobs ↓
Orange Township and Kendallville trade workers both ways
Kendallville is the top workplace for Orange Township residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Orange Township come from (13% of its jobs). 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.
Jobs & income in Orange Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Orange Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #439 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Orange Township’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Orange Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
A place that makes things: 48% of Orange Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orange Township, 2013 → 2023: 364 → 894. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Orange Township to work: where people go
Where Orange Township clocks in
15% of workers
4% 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 daily flow of workers through Orange Township
On a workday 1,493 residents head out to work, 103 work right here, and 791 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Orange Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 daily trip from Orange Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orange Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,645 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
How far Orange Township goes to work
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.
Getting around Orange Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Orange Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #376 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,732 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.8% of Orange Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Orange Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Orange Township is 2,697th among 4,084 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 81 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 92 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 130 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,695 | Three Rivers OR | 3,995 | $87K | 7.1% | 6.9% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,696 | Sharpsburg PA | 2,990 | $59K | 17.4% | 6.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,697 | Orange Township IN | 3,959 | $66K | 14.6% | 4.1% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,698 | Pymatuning Township PA | 3,031 | $55K | 16.8% | 2.8% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,699 | Shannondale WV | 3,465 | $80K | 13.3% | 5.6% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,084 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Orange Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orange Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Township | – | C+ | C | 24 min | $66,010 |
| Wayne Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 26 min | $60,000 |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | B+ | C− | 25 min | $82,396 |
| Elkhart Township | under 3% | B | B− | 24 min | $78,672 |
| Johnson Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 28 min | $83,795 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Orange Township’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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Orange Township?
$66,010 (±$8,836) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orange Township?
14.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orange Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orange Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kendallville (15%, 6 mi), Fort Wayne (11%, 30 mi), Elkhart (4%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Orange Township walkable?
Orange Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Orange Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orange Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orange Township
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.