Orange Township has higher household incomes than 70% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Orange Township are B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Below the poverty line: 7.4% of residents (Michigan 13.2%). Hardly any work in Orange Township; the top destination outside it is Ionia (14%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Orange Township
Stores, warehouses and trucking
73% of the jobs in Orange Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
38% of the jobs based in Orange Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 27% of Orange Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Orange Township
54% of Orange Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Orange Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 448 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Orange Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Orange Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Orange Township’s grade up ($91,667, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.4%) 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 C+ to A.
Inside Orange Township’s 354 jobs
354 jobs are based in Orange Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orange Township, 2011 → 2021: 199 → 354. 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 workday shuffle in and out of Orange Township
On a workday 445 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 351 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 (0.79 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Out of Orange Township to work: where people go
Where Orange Township clocks in
Lines 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 22 minutes to work from Orange Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 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 546 commuters (the 11% 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.
How many miles Orange Township commutes
About 15% 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.
In Orange Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Orange Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Orange Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 616 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 Orange Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Orange Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Orange Township comes 566th on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 72 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 172 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
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| 216 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
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| 564 | Bethany Township MI | 1,291 | $80K | 3.8% | 1.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 565 | La Honda CA | 1,269 | $250K | 5.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 566 | Orange Township MI | 1,018 | $92K | 7.4% | 1.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 567 | Springfield NH | 1,306 | $101K | 3.4% | 1.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 568 | Liberty Township IL | 1,339 | $93K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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.
The towns next door employ 17% of Orange Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orange Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Township | – | B+ | C+ | 22 min | $91,667 |
| Sebewa Township | under 3% | A− | D | 30 min | $95,500 |
| Berlin Township | 3% | B+ | D− | 22 min | $74,250 |
| Ionia | 14% | B | B | 22 min | $63,978 |
| Ionia Township | under 3% | C− | C− | 27 min | $60,189 |
| Portland Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Portland Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ionia. 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?
$91,667 (±$27,816) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orange Township?
7.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orange Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orange Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ionia (14%, 6 mi), Grand Rapids (8%, 32 mi), Boston Township (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Orange Township walkable?
Orange Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Orange 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 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.