Work & commute · Orleans

Work & commute in Orleans, IN

Most working residents leave Orleans for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Orleans (9%), Paoli (9%) and French Lick (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

248 of 1,558 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,310 Orleans residents head out of town to work, 248 work right here, and 1,088 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orleans.

1,310live here, work elsewhere

248live and work here

1,088work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orleans goes to work

Orleans0.8 mi away

9%148

Paoli6.5 mi away

9%146

French Lick11.5 mi away

7%107

Bedford14.7 mi away

7%105

Orleans (in town)right here

6%100

Mitchell6.1 mi away

5%75

Jasper31.8 mi away

5%71

Bloomington35.7 mi away

4%64

Center79.6 mi away

3%40

Salem19.4 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%673

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.

34%

20%

25%

21%

34%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orleans is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Orleans are

1,336 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

1,336 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Orleans residents hold

1,558 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−19%

Jobs based in Orleans, 2013 → 2023: 1,653 → 1,336. 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.