Work & commute · Orange

Work & commute in Orange, CT

Most working residents leave Orange for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New Haven (17%), West Haven (5%) and Bridgeport (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

685 of 6,740 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,055 Orange residents head out of town to work, 685 work right here, and 9,569 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orange.

6,055live here, work elsewhere

685live and work here

9,569work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orange goes to work

New Haven5.5 mi away

17%1,132

Orange (in town)right here

10%685

West Haven3.1 mi away

5%365

Bridgeport11.2 mi away

5%310

Stratford7.7 mi away

4%296

Shelton6.1 mi away

4%267

Fairfield14.9 mi away

3%226

Hamden9.4 mi away

3%175

Stamford30.6 mi away

3%171

Norwalk24.5 mi away

2%137

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,976

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

How far

How far Orange commutes

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

59%

22%

13%

59%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orange is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Orange are

10,254 jobs are based in Orange. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Orange’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Orange

10,254 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Orange residents hold

6,740 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+5%

Jobs based in Orange, 2013 → 2023: 9,734 → 10,254. 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.