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Jobs & commute in Orange Township

Orange Township’s household incomes are higher than in 94% of U.S. towns

4.4% of residents are in poverty (Ohio 13.3%). The two grades for Orange Township are A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 30% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

14,008 jobs based here

Ohio 4.8% · U.S. 5.2%

1,211 of 18,586 working residents

Work from home

30%

Ohio 13% · U.S. 15%

What stands out · In brief

What sets Orange Township apart on work

55%work in a bordering town 30%work from home · OH 13%

55% of working residents work in a town that borders Orange Township: Columbus (48%), Westerville (5%) and Liberty Township (2%). Next door ↓

Home offices are common in Orange Township

30% of Orange Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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.

Jobs & income grade

How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Orange Township

Household income is its strongest input ($146,212, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.

Household income $146,212 (±$7,397) · OH $71,389 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 94% of U.S. towns

Poverty 4.4% · OH 13.3% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 84% of U.S. towns

Unemployment 3.5% (±1.1) · OH 4.8% · U.S. 5.2%Lower than 61% of U.S. towns

Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 90% of U.S. towns

Ohio towns we grade 992 towns#81 of 992

AA⁺

A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Orange Township could be anywhere from A to A+.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

Time on the road

About 23 minutes each way, about the OH average

A year of commuting

179 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Orange Township23 min

Ohio23 min

U.S.26 min

Working from home

30%

of Orange Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10

How Orange Township gets to work

90%Drive alone

6%Carpool

<1%Transit

3%Walk

Share of the 15,558 commuters (the 30% 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.

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Orange Township

On a workday 17,375 residents head out to work, 1,211 work right here, and 12,797 people come in from elsewhere.

17,375live here, work elsewhere

1,211live and work here

12,797work here, live elsewhere

Night and day

At night42,000

Workday37,000

42,000live here− 17,000head out to work+ 13,000come in to work= 37,000on a workday

About 37,000 people are in Orange Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

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 commute map

48% of working residents work in Columbus

Columbus13.3 mi away

48%8,834

Orange Township (in town)right here

6%1,143

Westerville5.7 mi away

5%1,020

Dublin9.2 mi away

5%924

Delaware8.6 mi away

2%337

Worthington5.8 mi away

2%317

Liberty Township4.7 mi away

2%295

New Albany13.2 mi away

2%294

Gahanna11.5 mi away

1%274

Hilliard13.1 mi away

1%249

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%4,899

The top trips

Where Orange Township clocks in

48% of workers

13.3 mi awayColumbus8,834 Orange Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

5% of workers

5.7 mi awayWesterville1,020 Orange Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

5% of workers

9.2 mi awayDublin924 Orange Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

The jobs

Inside Orange Township’s 14,008 jobs

Jobs based in Orange TownshipJobs Orange Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms13%8%

Trade, transport & utilities30%16%

Services: health, schools, offices56%75%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%15%

Over $3,333 a month56%72%

Who does it

29 or younger28%20%

30 to 5451%61%

55 and older21%19%

+29%

Jobs based in Orange Township, 2013 → 2023: 10,892 → 14,008. 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Orange Township

Orange TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)

45%

38%

13%

45%Under 10 mi8,346 residents

38%10–24 mi7,139 residents

4%25–50 mi652 residents

13%Over 50 mi2,426 residents

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.

Getting around · Walkability grade

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 65% of U.S. towns, #247 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Orange Township near the same point nationally.

EPA walkability index 7.8 of 20 · typical OH town 5.9 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 64% of U.S. towns

Walk, bike or transit 2.9% of commuters · OH 3.7% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 57% of U.S. towns

Ohio towns we grade 993 towns#247 of 993

B⁺B⁺

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 22,268 workers.

How TownRatings grades walkability →

Transit service (shown, not graded). 3% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.

Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020

Columbus4.6

Orange Township0.2

Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Orange Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Orange Township’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

Among U.S. towns of 29,000 to 56,000, Orange Township ranks 87th of 1,037 on jobs and income

#	Town	People	Household income	Poverty	Unemployment	Work in town	Grade
1	McLean VA	49,627	$250K	2.9%	2.3%	6%	A⁺
2	Southlake TX	31,175	$250K	1.5%	2.7%	11%	A⁺
3	Leawood KS	34,093	$186K	3.1%	2.0%	9%	A⁺
4	Upper Arlington OH	35,893	$155K	3.3%	2.0%	7%	A⁺
…
7	Liberty Township OH	40,625	$187K	1.6%	2.5%	8%	A⁺
…
13	Dublin OH	49,094	$160K	3.2%	2.5%	15%	A⁺
…
85	Hilliard OH	38,898	$128K	5.8%	2.7%	9%	A
86	Needham MA	32,897	$214K	3.7%	4.4%	10%	A
87	Orange Township OH	41,832	$146K	4.4%	3.5%	7%	A
88	Kirkwood MO	29,331	$121K	5.3%	3.1%	7%	A
89	Draper UT	50,652	$129K	6.1%	2.4%	14%	A
…
1,037	Bullhead City AZ	43,987	$51K	18.7%	11.5%	26%	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.

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