Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Orange Lake has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
2,481 jobs are based in Orange Lake; 4,350 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Orange Lake itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (17%, 61 miles). A typical one-way commute from Orange Lake lasts 38 minutes (New York 33, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Orange Lake
Orange Lake’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Orange Lake is New York City, 61 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (731) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Orange Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 38 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How far Orange Lake’s workers travel
About 27% 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.
The daily trip from Orange Lake: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orange Lake workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,833 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In and out of Orange Lake on a workday
On a workday 4,206 residents head out to work, 144 work right here, and 2,337 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,900 people are in Orange Lake 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Orange Lake goes to work
Where Orange Lake clocks in
17% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
What Orange Lake’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orange Lake, 2014 → 2024: 2,865 → 2,481. 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 Orange Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Around Orange Lake: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orange Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Lake | – | — | — | 38 min | $109,063 |
| Gardnertown | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gardnertown: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Orange Lake’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 Orange Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Orange Lake?
$109,063 (±$14,745) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orange Lake?
6.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orange Lake?
38 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orange Lake work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (17%, 61 mi), Newburgh (9%, 3 mi), Newburgh (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Orange Lake without a car?
8% 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 Orange Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orange Lake
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.