Orange Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Orange Township report 198 jobs, and 477 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Orange Township are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Orange Township apart
Orange Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Orange Township workers work from home
Only 0% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 477 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Orange Township
On income, poverty and job access, Orange Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Orange Township’s grade up (8.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (7.5%) is left out: Orange Township’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 Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
About 38 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
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 Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 448 commuters (the 0% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Orange Township
On a workday 460 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Orange Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
10% of working residents work in Carrollton
Where Orange Township clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orange Township, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 198. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Orange Township commutes less than 21 miles
About 17% 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.
Driving is how Orange Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Orange Township is more walkable than 14% 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 448 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). 0.0% 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.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Orange Township comes 1,460th 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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| 41 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,458 | Star Township MI | 1,086 | $86K | 6.1% | 0.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,459 | Gilboa NY | 1,169 | $88K | 6.4% | 4.3% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,460 | Orange Township OH | 1,132 | $80K | 8.8% | 7.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,461 | La Huerta NM | 1,288 | $79K | 8.9% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,462 | Alpine WY | 1,382 | $99K | 8.0% | 0.0% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Ohio.
Next door to Orange Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orange Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Township | – | C+ | D | 38 min | $79,676 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 36 min | $83,311 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | D | C | 23 min | $58,354 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Sherrodsville | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | D | D− | 27 min | $49,602 |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Perry Township, Sherrodsville and Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Orange Township?
$79,676 (±$13,813) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orange Township?
8.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orange Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orange Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carrollton (10%, 10 mi), Canton (7%, 25 mi), Dover (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Orange Township walkable?
Orange Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 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 0% 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), 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.