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Work & commute · Orleans

Work & commute in Orleans, IA

Most working residents leave Orleans for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Spirit Lake (32%), Spencer (7%) and Milford (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 199 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 197 Orleans residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orleans.

197live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
29work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Orleans goes to work

RossieFostoriaArmstrongEverlyOrleansWoodbineArnolds ParkOkobojiMilfordSpirit LakeEsthervilleLe MarsSpencerSioux CityJacksonSioux FallsSpirit LakeSpencerMilfordEsthervilleSioux FallsArnolds ParkSioux CityJacksonOkobojiLe MarsOrleans
1
Spirit Lake2.8 mi away
32%64
2
Spencer21.4 mi away
7%13
3
Milford8.3 mi away
6%12
4
Estherville13.1 mi away
6%12
5
Sioux Falls, SD82.7 mi away
5%9
6
Arnolds Park6.7 mi away
4%7
7
Sioux City93.4 mi away
4%7
8
Jackson, MN12.9 mi away
4%7
9
Okoboji5.1 mi away
3%5
10
Le Mars71.8 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%60

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

How far

How far Orleans commutes

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

53%Under 10 mi
20%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Orleans is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orleans are

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

Jobs based in Orleans

31 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Orleans residents hold

199 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month59%
−40%

Jobs based in Orleans, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 31. 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.

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