Households in Orting earn more than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 2.4% of residents (Washington 9.9%). Jobs and income earn Orting A; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 5% work in Orting itself; outside it, Seattle draws the most (10%, 37 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Orting: the figures worth knowing
Orting workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Orting’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Orting is Seattle, 37 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (362) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Orting has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Orting went from 883 in 2013 to 1,341 in 2023, +52%. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Orting is services
90% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 6% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Orting: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Orting is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #16 of 285 in Washington. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Orting could be anywhere from A to A+.
The daily trip from Orting: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orting workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,847 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% 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.
The commute from Orting, by distance
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.
Orting is a services town
1,341 jobs are based in Orting.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orting, 2013 → 2023: 883 → 1,341. 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 Orting’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Orting
On a workday 3,579 residents head out to work, 183 work right here, and 1,158 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Orting on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.36 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.
Out of Orting to work: where people go
Where Orting clocks in
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.
In Orting, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Orting is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #218 of 285 in Washington. Both inputs place Orting 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 4,428 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.2% of Orting households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Orting’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Orting is 259th of 2,907 U.S. towns of 6,200 to 12,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Maltby WA | 10,910 | $185K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 115 | Normandy Park WA | 6,609 | $162K | 4.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 222 | Wollochet WA | 6,689 | $149K | 1.5% | 3.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 257 | East Whittier CA | 9,990 | $114K | 3.9% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| 258 | Carver MN | 7,198 | $148K | 2.5% | 3.7% | 3% | A |
| 259 | Orting WA | 8,884 | $133K | 2.4% | 2.8% | 5% | A |
| 260 | Madison Township IN | 10,486 | $96K | 4.2% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| 261 | Bainbridge OH | 8,623 | $144K | 3.0% | 3.5% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,907 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Orting, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Around Orting: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Orting’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 Orting: questions
What is the median household income in Orting?
$132,877 (±$10,138) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orting?
2.4%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orting?
40 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orting work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (10%, 37 mi), Tacoma (9%, 16 mi), Puyallup (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Orting walkable?
Orting is more walkable than 47% 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 Orting without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orting, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orting
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.