Orienta has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers (Wisconsin 13%). 4 jobs are based in Orienta for 63 working residents. Hardly any work in Orienta; the top destination outside it is Superior (14%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Orienta, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 63 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Orienta on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Out of Orienta to work: where people go
Where Orienta clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
Most jobs in Orienta are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orienta, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 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 Orienta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Orienta, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orienta workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 104 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Where in the region Orienta works
About 30% 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.
The towns next door employ 10% of Orienta
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orienta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orienta | – | — | — | 24 min | $68,750 |
| Port Wing | 10% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Oulu | under 4% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Tripp | under 4% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Cloverland | under 4% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Port Wing, Oulu and Tripp: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Cloverland: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Port Wing. Darker towns draw more of Orienta’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 Orienta: questions
What is the median household income in Orienta?
$68,750 (±$41,758) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orienta?
7.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orienta?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orienta work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Superior (14%, 30 mi), Duluth (11%, 33 mi), Port Wing (10%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Orienta 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 Orienta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orienta
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.