Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Orange Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
165 jobs are based in Orange Township, and 495 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Orange Township are A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 1% work in Orange Township itself; outside it, Bloomsburg draws the most (9%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Orange Township
On income, poverty and job access, Orange Township is better than 80% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Orange Township’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.6%) 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 A.
Who works in Orange Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 488 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Orange Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where the trip to work from Orange Township ends
Where Orange Township clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Orange Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orange Township, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 165. 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.
The daily trip from Orange Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orange Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 480 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Orange Township goes to work
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 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 46% 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 558 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). 5.3% of Orange Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Orange Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
411th of 4,312: where Orange Township ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 409 | Johnson Township IN | 1,244 | $114K | 1.5% | 2.3% | <1% | A− |
| 410 | Wright-Patterson AFB OH | 1,508 | $90K | 7.0% | 10.8% | 3% | A− |
| 411 | Orange Township PA | 1,184 | $97K | 3.3% | 1.6% | 1% | A− |
| 412 | Luxemburg WI | 1,468 | $89K | 4.1% | 0.6% | 3% | A− |
| 413 | Richlandtown PA | 1,335 | $74K | 5.0% | 5.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Pennsylvania.
The towns around Orange Township
The biggest share goes to Scott Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orange Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Township | – | A− | B− | 24 min | $96,750 |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $91,875 |
| North Centre Township | 2% | B | C− | 22 min | $76,591 |
| Fishing Creek Township | under 2% | B− | D | 33 min | $81,932 |
| Scott Township | 6% | B− | C+ | 20 min | $85,368 |
| Greenwood Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 24 min | $68,167 |
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 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?
$96,750 (±$17,505) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orange Township?
3.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orange Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orange Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomsburg (9%, 6 mi), South Centre Township (7%, 5 mi), Mahoning Township (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Orange Township walkable?
Orange Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Orange Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% 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.