Orange has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Orange report 183 jobs for 458 working residents. Jobs and income earn Orange D; getting around on foot earns it D−. Only 5% stay in Orange for work; outside it, Erwin is the main destination (7%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Orange
On income, poverty and job access, Orange is better than 15% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Orange’s grade up (12.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Orange’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Orange could be anywhere from D to C+.
The daily flow of workers through Orange
On a workday 434 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Orange on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Out of Orange to work: where people go
Where Orange clocks in
7% 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.
In Orange, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orange, 2013 → 2023: 269 → 183. 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 Orange’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Orange
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orange workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 445 commuters (the 8% 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.
Orange’s commute, mile by mile
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 2023.
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, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Orange is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Orange 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 484 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). 5.6% of Orange households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Orange’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Orange ranks: 4,059th 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+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,057 | Due West SC | 1,299 | $54K | 17.6% | 22.6% | 6% | D |
| 4,058 | Millbrook Township MI | 1,111 | $71K | 17.8% | 3.3% | 3% | D |
| 4,059 | Orange NY | 1,347 | $60K | 12.7% | 1.8% | 5% | D |
| 4,060 | Harkers Island NC | 1,060 | $60K | 10.4% | 0.0% | 16% | D |
| 4,061 | Blue Lake CA | 1,144 | $54K | 16.1% | 10.0% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Orange
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orange workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | – | D | D− | 30 min | $60,000 |
| Hornby | under 3% | B | D | 21 min | $88,281 |
| Tyrone | under 3% | D | B− | 24 min | $72,083 |
| Bradford | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Dix | 7% | D | A− | 20 min | $53,668 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bradford: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dix. Darker towns draw more of Orange’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 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 Orange: questions
What is the median household income in Orange?
$60,000 (±$9,386) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orange?
12.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orange?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orange work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Erwin (7%, 15 mi), Corning (7%, 14 mi), Dix (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Orange walkable?
Orange is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Orange without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orange, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orange
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.