Orange Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Orange Township itself; outside it, Kalkaska Township draws the most (29%, 7 miles). Employers in Orange Township report 62 jobs, against 412 working residents. For jobs and income Orange Township is better than 22% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Orange Township in brief
Orange Township and Kalkaska Township trade workers both ways
Kalkaska Township is the top workplace for Orange Township residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Orange Township come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Orange Township is a place people come home to
There are 62 jobs based in Orange Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Orange Township has about 970 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Orange Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 412 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Orange Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Orange Township’s grade up (11.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Orange Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Orange Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Out of Orange Township to work: where people go
Where Orange Township clocks in
17% of workers
6% 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 409 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Orange Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2021, primary jobs.
About 30 minutes to work from Orange Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orange Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 509 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
39% of the jobs in Orange Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orange Township, 2011 → 2021: 17 → 62. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Orange Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Orange Township to work
About 17% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Orange Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 581 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). 1.9% of Orange Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Orange Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Orange Township ranks: 3,560th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 87 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 168 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,558 | Buckheart Township IL | 1,675 | $61K | 13.7% | 2.7% | 3% | C− |
| 3,559 | Brownfield ME | 1,704 | $61K | 8.1% | 8.3% | 3% | C− |
| 3,560 | Orange Township MI | 1,322 | $70K | 11.2% | 1.7% | 1% | C− |
| 3,561 | Littleville AL | 1,065 | $56K | 11.4% | 1.5% | 1% | C− |
| 3,562 | Columbus NC | 1,042 | $60K | 13.2% | 4.2% | 10% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Michigan.
32% of Orange Township works in a town 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− | D | 30 min | $70,313 |
| Boardman Township | 3% | C | D | 30 min | $83,510 |
| Oliver Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Garfield Township | under 2% | D | D− | 40 min | $70,417 |
| Kalkaska Township | 29% | C+ | B | 24 min | $64,253 |
| Excelsior Township | under 2% | C− | D | 31 min | $66,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Oliver Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Kalkaska Township. 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 2021, 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?
$70,313 (±$16,325) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orange Township?
11.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orange Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orange Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kalkaska Township (29%, 7 mi), Traverse City (17%, 24 mi), Garfield Township (6%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Orange Township walkable?
Orange Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Orange Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% 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), 2021, 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.