With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Oran works elsewhere
204 jobs are based in Oran for 426 working residents. Oran grades C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 5% stay in Oran for work; outside it, Sikeston is the main destination (18%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The four measures behind Oran’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Oran is better than 23% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Oran’s grade.
Unemployment (7.5%) is left out: Oran’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Oran could be anywhere from D to B−.
The daily flow of workers through Oran
On a workday 403 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Oran on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 places Oran commutes to
Where Oran clocks in
18% of workers
18% 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.
Goods, not services: 30% of the jobs in Oran
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oran, 2013 → 2023: 213 → 204. 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 Oran’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Oran
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oran workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 444 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
Where in the region Oran works
About 20% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Oran, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oran is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Oran 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 492 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). 3.1% of Oran households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oran’s commuters take a bus or train.
Oran is 2,805th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,803 | Pigeon WI | 1,031 | $70K | 16.3% | 0.4% | 1% | C− |
| 2,804 | Goreville IL | 1,055 | $69K | 15.2% | 1.1% | 4% | C− |
| 2,805 | Oran MO | 1,195 | $65K | 15.8% | 7.5% | 5% | C− |
| 2,806 | Gruver TX | 1,064 | $73K | 11.5% | 0.7% | 21% | C− |
| 2,807 | Strum WI | 1,075 | $69K | 17.4% | 0.6% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Oran, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
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 Oran: questions
What is the median household income in Oran?
$65,200 (±$13,290) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oran?
15.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oran?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oran work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sikeston (18%, 14 mi), Cape Girardeau (18%, 16 mi), Scott City (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oran walkable?
Oran is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oran 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 Oran, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oran
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.