Work & commute · Orange

Work & commute in Orange, MI

Most working residents leave Orange for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kalkaska (29%), Traverse City (17%) and Garfield (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 412 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 409 Orange residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orange.

409live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orange goes to work

Kalkaska7 mi away

29%121

Traverse City23.7 mi away

17%68

Garfield24.6 mi away

6%26

Suttons Bay34 mi away

3%13

Boardman5.8 mi away

3%11

Kentwood123.9 mi away

2%7

Grand Rapids119.3 mi away

1%6

East Bay18.3 mi away

1%6

Grayling21.3 mi away

1%5

Mancelona18.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%144

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.

36%

30%

17%

36%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orange is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orange are

62 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

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Orange residents hold

412 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+265%

Jobs based in Orange, 2011 → 2021: 17 → 62. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.