Work & commute · Orange

Work & commute in Orange, MI

Most working residents leave Orange for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ionia (14%), Grand Rapids (8%) and Boston (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 448 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 445 Orange residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orange.

445live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orange goes to work

Ionia5.7 mi away

14%64

Grand Rapids32.4 mi away

8%34

Boston11.8 mi away

4%19

Portland6.6 mi away

4%17

Berlin5.2 mi away

3%15

Wyoming34.7 mi away

3%14

Kentwood29 mi away

3%14

Lowell16.7 mi away

3%13

Cascade23.8 mi away

3%12

Odessa9.2 mi away

3%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%234

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.

29%

24%

32%

15%

29%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orange is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Orange are

354 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

354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities73%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Orange residents hold

448 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+78%

Jobs based in Orange, 2011 → 2021: 199 → 354. 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.