Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Orme at work: jobs, income and the commute
No jobs are based in Orme in the Census job records; 30 of its residents work elsewhere. Home is the office for 56% of workers, next to 13% for Tennessee as a whole. Hardly any work in Orme itself; outside it, Chattanooga draws the most (20%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Orme on a workday afternoon
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 55 people are in Orme on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The places Orme commutes to
Where Orme clocks in
20% of workers
17% 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.
Working from home in Orme
of Orme workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 commuters (the 56% 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.
How far it is to work from Orme
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.
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 Orme: questions
What is the median household income in Orme?
$47,500 (±$42,761) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orme?
28.9%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Orme work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chattanooga (20%, 32 mi), Jasper (17%, 11 mi), Monteagle (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Orme without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orme, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orme
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.