Photo: Nyttend · Public domainOrange Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Orange Township grades B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Employers in Orange Township report 174 jobs for 505 working residents. Measured by household income, Orange Township is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Orange Township
Orange Township and Sidney trade workers both ways
Sidney is the top workplace for Orange Township residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Orange Township come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Orange Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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 505 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 49% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Orange Township’s grade up ($110,313, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Orange Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Orange Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
30% of working residents work in Sidney
Where Orange Township clocks in
30% of workers
5% 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.
Commuting from Orange Township: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 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 346 commuters (the 4% 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.
A workday in Orange Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 502 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Orange Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
The kinds of work in Orange Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orange Township, 2014 → 2024: 256 → 174. 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.
How far Orange Township’s workers travel
About 15% 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 21% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 359 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.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Orange Township ranks 1,295th of 3,771 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% | 2% | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,293 | Mount Pleasant Township KS | 1,271 | $69K | 3.3% | 1.3% | 8% | B− |
| 1,294 | Silver Creek Township MN | 1,222 | $88K | 6.4% | 5.6% | 4% | B− |
| 1,295 | Orange Township OH | 1,127 | $110K | 20.2% | 5.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,296 | Orwell Township PA | 1,200 | $90K | 6.2% | 1.1% | 4% | B− |
| 1,297 | Gardner WI | 1,228 | $69K | 4.8% | 0.8% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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.
30% of Orange Township works in a town 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− | C− | 23 min | $110,313 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 15 min | $95,603 |
| Clinton Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 17 min | $61,378 |
| Sidney | 30% | C+ | B− | 17 min | $60,668 |
| Green Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 20 min | $80,246 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Springcreek Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 30 min | $68,707 |
Same-state neighbors only. Green Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Perry Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sidney. 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?
$110,313 (±$49,287) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orange Township?
20.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orange Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orange Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sidney (30%, 5 mi), Piqua (7%, 7 mi), Troy (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Orange Township walkable?
Orange Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 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 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), 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.