Work & commute · Orland

Work & commute in Orland, CA

Most working residents leave Orland for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Chico (17%), Willows (7%) and Redding (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

564 of 3,669 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,105 Orland residents head out of town to work, 564 work right here, and 1,358 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orland.

3,105live here, work elsewhere

564live and work here

1,358work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orland goes to work

Chico19.6 mi away

17%639

Orland (in town)right here

15%564

Willows16 mi away

7%244

Redding57.7 mi away

3%111

Sacramento90 mi away

3%93

Corning12.6 mi away

2%70

Red Bluff29.7 mi away

1%44

Yuba City51.5 mi away

1%36

Santa Rosa94.1 mi away

1%34

Oroville37.6 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,803

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Orland commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

26%

36%

32%

26%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orland is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Orland are

1,922 jobs are based in Orland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Orland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Orland

1,922 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Orland residents hold

3,669 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+28%

Jobs based in Orland, 2013 → 2023: 1,504 → 1,922. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.