Work & commute · Orange

Work & commute in Orange, IA

48% of Orange’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Sioux Center (11%), Sioux City (3%) and Le Mars (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

1,393 of 2,930 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 1,537 Orange residents head out of town to work, 1,393 work right here, and 2,865 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orange.

1,537live here, work elsewhere

1,393live and work here

2,865work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orange goes to work

Orange City (in town)right here

48%1,393

Sioux Center7.8 mi away

11%313

Sioux City38.9 mi away

3%87

Le Mars16.4 mi away

3%86

Alton2.5 mi away

2%59

Sioux Falls, SD50.4 mi away

2%51

Sheldon16.3 mi away

2%49

Rock Valley18.2 mi away

1%42

Hull13.6 mi away

1%39

Des Moines159.3 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%782

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.

65%

11%

16%

65%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orange is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Orange are

4,258 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

4,258 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Orange residents hold

2,930 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+14%

Jobs based in Orange, 2013 → 2023: 3,729 → 4,258. 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.