Roller-Pettyjohn Mill · Photo: Tricitiesbob · CC BY-SA 3.0Orebank has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Orebank has 26 jobs, against 410 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 18 minutes; Tennessee averages 26, the U.S. 26. 16% of workers have no commute at all (Tennessee 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Orebank at work: what stands out
Orebank is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Orebank, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Orebank has about 430 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Orebank and Kingsport trade workers both ways
Kingsport is the top workplace for Orebank residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Orebank come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Orebank are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 26 across Tennessee. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Tennessee worker. 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 410 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Orebank by day and by night
On a workday 409 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Orebank on a workday afternoon, 47% 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.
30% of working residents work in Kingsport
Where Orebank clocks in
30% of workers
17% of workers
6% 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.
Time on the road from Orebank: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orebank workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 371 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Tennessee: 87% 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.
In Orebank, 54% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orebank, 2014 → 2024: 22 → 26. 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 Orebank’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Orebank to work
About 16% 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.
Bordering towns draw 30% of Orebank’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Kingsport. Darker towns draw more of Orebank’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 Orebank: questions
What is the median household income in Orebank?
$67,740 (±$5,208) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orebank?
12.5%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orebank?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orebank work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kingsport (30%, 5 mi), Johnson City (17%, 16 mi), Bristol (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Orebank without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orebank, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orebank
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.