Photo: Nyttend · Public domainOrange Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Orange Township report 178 jobs for 971 working residents. Orange Township grades C for jobs and income and D− for walkability. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Orange Township: the gist
Orange Township is a place people come home to
There are 178 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 1,800 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Orange Township and Ashland trade workers both ways
Ashland is the top workplace for Orange Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Orange Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Orange Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 971 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Orange Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Orange Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #816 of 992 in Ohio. Household income holds Orange Township’s grade up ($91,130, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Orange Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Who works in Orange Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 962 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Orange Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
23% of working residents work in Ashland
Where Orange Township clocks in
23% of workers
4% 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.
From Orange Township, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orange Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,105 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
56% 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, 2014 → 2024: 148 → 178. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Orange Township
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 2024.
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
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Orange Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #985 of 993 in Ohio. 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 1,139 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). 9.2% of Orange Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Orange Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Orange Township is 3,340th of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,338 | Pojoaque NM | 2,327 | $74K | 11.3% | 7.0% | 8% | C |
| 3,339 | Prince George VA | 1,829 | $62K | 19.2% | 0.0% | 3% | C |
| 3,340 | Orange Township OH | 2,580 | $91K | 19.7% | 4.9% | 1% | C |
| 3,341 | Ludlow VT | 2,134 | $55K | 5.6% | 6.8% | 38% | C |
| 3,342 | Orleans IN | 2,073 | $65K | 13.9% | 3.6% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Orange Township
The biggest share goes to Jackson Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orange Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Township | – | C | D− | 22 min | $91,130 |
| Clear Creek Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 28 min | $73,814 |
| Montgomery Township | under 2% | A | C− | 16 min | $99,979 |
| Jackson Township | 1% | D | D− | 35 min | $79,172 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Orange Township?
$91,130 (±$10,087) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orange Township?
19.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orange Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orange Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashland (23%, 5 mi), Wooster (5%, 20 mi), Mansfield (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Orange Township walkable?
Orange Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Orange Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% 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), 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. 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.