Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0There are 4.4 jobs in Orderville for every working resident, and 729 people commute in
There are 770 jobs in Orderville, against 176 working residents. About one in four stay in Orderville for work; outside it, Kanab is the main destination (13%, 18 miles). Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers (Utah 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Orderville nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 135 residents head out to work and 41 work right here.
About 1,200 people are in Orderville on a workday afternoon, 99% more than live here.
4.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Orderville’s workers come from
Where Orderville clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Orderville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orderville, 2013 → 2023: 584 → 770. 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 Orderville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Orderville’s commute takes 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 Orderville workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 237 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Orderville’s commute, mile by mile
About 40% 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 Orderville: questions
What is the median household income in Orderville?
$82,688 (±$20,722) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orderville?
8.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orderville?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orderville work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kanab (13%, 18 mi), Page (10%, 67 mi), Glendale (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Orderville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orderville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orderville
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.