Photo: Quentin Melson · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Orleans Township (2.7%) is lower than in 75% of U.S. towns
About one in five stay in Orleans Township for work; outside it, Orleans is the main destination (10%, 1 miles). For jobs and income Orleans Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (C). The trip to work takes 19 minutes on average, next to 24 for Indiana and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Orleans Township
Orleans Township makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Orleans Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Orleans Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Orleans Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker, and quicker than any town next door (23 to 29 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Orleans Township’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Orleans Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Orleans Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Goods jobs make up 57% of work in Orleans Township
1,364 jobs are based in Orleans Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orleans Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,536 → 1,364. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Orleans Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Orleans Township takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orleans Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,704 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,351 residents head out to work, 278 work right here, and 1,086 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Orleans Township ends
Where Orleans Township clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Where in the region Orleans Township 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Orleans Township walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,802 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). 4.4% of Orleans Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Orleans Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Orleans Township ranks: 2,672nd of 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 85 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 99 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
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| 138 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,670 | Monroe UT | 2,738 | $66K | 6.7% | 3.5% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,671 | Milton WV | 2,792 | $46K | 23.3% | 0.8% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,672 | Orleans Township IN | 3,571 | $67K | 12.0% | 2.7% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,673 | Millington Township MI | 4,171 | $66K | 6.6% | 5.5% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,674 | Hansville WA | 3,384 | $92K | 4.1% | 7.8% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Orleans Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Orleans Township
The biggest share goes to Marion Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orleans Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orleans Township | – | C+ | C | 19 min | $67,396 |
| Paoli Township | under 3% | D | C− | 24 min | $49,135 |
| Orangeville Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Northeast Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Marion Township | 3% | D | C+ | 23 min | $51,262 |
Same-state neighbors only. Orangeville Township and Northeast Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Orleans 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 2024, 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 Orleans Township: questions
What is the median household income in Orleans Township?
$67,396 (±$6,455) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orleans Township?
12.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orleans Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orleans Township work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orleans (10%, 1 mi), Paoli (9%, 6 mi), Bedford (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Orleans Township walkable?
Orleans Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Orleans Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orleans Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orleans Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.