Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Orwin commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
4 jobs are based in Orwin, against 126 working residents. Hardly any stay in Orwin for work; outside it, Washington Township is the main destination (6%, 15 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Orwin quiets down on a workday
On a workday 126 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 78 people are in Orwin on a workday afternoon, 61% 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.
The towns that employ Orwin’s residents
Where Orwin clocks in
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Orwin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orwin, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 4. 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 Orwin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 33 minutes in Orwin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orwin workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 104 commuters (the 0% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Orwin
About 22% 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.
Next door to Orwin
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orwin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orwin | – | — | — | 33 min | $70,278 |
| Reinerton | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Reinerton: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Orwin’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 Orwin: questions
What is the median household income in Orwin?
$70,278 (±$31,699) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orwin?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orwin?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orwin work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington Township (6%, 15 mi), Porter Township (5%, 2 mi), Union Township (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Orwin 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 Orwin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orwin
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.