Work & commute · Orchid

Work & commute in Orchid, FL

Most working residents leave Orchid for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Vero Beach (7%), Sebastian (5%) and Orlando (5%). Half commute less than 63 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 88 working residents

Typical commute

63 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

68 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

57%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 86 Orchid residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orchid.

86live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orchid goes to work

Vero Beach8.8 mi away

7%6

Sebastian3.6 mi away

5%4

Orlando73 mi away

5%4

Windsor1.2 mi away

5%4

Wabasso Beach2.1 mi away

5%4

Melbourne27.5 mi away

3%3

Fort Lauderdale114 mi away

3%3

Orchid (in town)right here

2%2

Royal Palm Beach75.1 mi away

2%2

Pompano Beach107.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%54

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

How far

How far Orchid commutes

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

32%

53%

32%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orchid is a job hub

2.22jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orchid are

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

Jobs based in Orchid

195 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Orchid residents hold

88 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+24%

Jobs based in Orchid, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 195. 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.