Photo: ONUnicorn · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Orestes works elsewhere
The average commute takes 19 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. Employers in Orestes report 5 jobs, and 127 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Orestes; the top destination outside it is Anderson (17%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Orestes, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 127 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Orestes on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Commuting out of Orestes: the destinations
Where Orestes clocks in
17% of workers
15% 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.
In Orestes, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Orestes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Orestes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orestes workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 84 commuters (the 8% 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 Orestes 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.
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 Orestes: questions
What is the median household income in Orestes?
$43,125 (±$27,170) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orestes?
41.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orestes?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orestes work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Anderson (17%, 13 mi), Indianapolis (15%, 41 mi), Alexandria (12%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Orestes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orestes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orestes
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.