Photo: Nyttend · Public domainThere are 2.4 jobs in Orange Township for every working resident, and 1,228 people commute in
Employers in Orange Township report 1,254 jobs for 513 working residents. Jobs and income earn Orange Township B; getting around on foot earns it B. Only 5% work in Orange Township itself; outside it, Findlay draws the most (35%, 16 miles).
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 is where the jobs are
Orange Township has 1,254 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,000 people are in town, 58% more than the 1,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Orange Township makes and builds things
76% of the jobs based in Orange Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Orange Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
One in three of Orange Township works in Findlay
179 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Findlay, 16 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Orange Township itself. The commute map ↓
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 513 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Orange Township
On income, poverty and job access, Orange Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Orange Township’s grade up (2.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) 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 B− to B+.
The daily flow of workers through Orange Township
On a workday 487 residents head out to work and 26 work right here.
About 2,000 people are in Orange Township on a workday afternoon, 58% more than live here.
2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
76% 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, 2013 → 2023: 973 → 1,254. 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.
Who travels to work in Orange Township, and from where
Where Orange Township clocks in
35% 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.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 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 363 commuters (the 6% 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.
How many miles Orange Township commutes
About 21% 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.
In Orange Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Orange Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 385 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). 4.4% 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.
Orange Township places 1,038th of 4,866 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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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| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,036 | Wilson-Conococheague MD | 1,663 | $64K | 18.0% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,037 | Eleanor WV | 1,497 | $79K | 5.9% | 0.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,038 | Orange Township OH | 1,276 | $75K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,039 | Cypress Landing NC | 1,044 | $84K | 0.5% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,040 | Madison Lake MN | 1,315 | $88K | 6.8% | 4.4% | 2% | B |
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| 4,866 | 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.
Orange Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orange Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Township | – | B | B | 21 min | $74,966 |
| Van Buren Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $80,000 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | C+ | A− | 22 min | $63,657 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 19 min | $83,482 |
Same-state neighbors only. Van Buren 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?
$74,966 (±$8,675) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orange Township?
2.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orange Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orange Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (35%, 16 mi), Bluffton (7%, 4 mi), Allen Township (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Orange Township walkable?
Orange Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Orange Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.