Work & commute · Orchard

Work & commute in Orchard, CO

Most working residents leave Orchard for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Delta (20%), Montrose (11%) and Grand Junction (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 956 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 889 Orchard residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 370 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orchard.

889live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

370work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orchard goes to work

Delta7.7 mi away

20%187

Montrose24.8 mi away

11%106

Grand Junction37.3 mi away

8%75

Orchard City (in town)right here

7%67

Cedaredge5.7 mi away

5%48

Denver177.4 mi away

3%27

Colorado Springs172.6 mi away

2%18

Olathe14.5 mi away

1%13

Paonia20.5 mi away

1%9

Hotchkiss13.7 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%397

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

How far

How far Orchard commutes

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

42%

16%

17%

25%

42%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orchard is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orchard are

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

Jobs based in Orchard

437 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Orchard residents hold

956 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+7%

Jobs based in Orchard, 2013 → 2023: 407 → 437. 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.