Work & commute · Orion

Work & commute in Orion, MI

Most working residents leave Orion for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Auburn Hills (12%), Troy (9%) and Rochester Hills (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,653 of 17,687 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,034 Orion residents head out of town to work, 1,653 work right here, and 9,445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orion.

16,034live here, work elsewhere

1,653live and work here

9,445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orion goes to work

Auburn Hills5.8 mi away

12%2,086

Orion (in town)right here

9%1,653

Troy13.3 mi away

9%1,590

Rochester Hills8.3 mi away

4%736

Pontiac7.5 mi away

4%712

Warren21.9 mi away

4%710

Detroit27.1 mi away

4%667

Southfield19.5 mi away

3%586

Waterford9.2 mi away

3%484

Sterling Heights16.9 mi away

3%460

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%8,003

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

How far

How far Orion commutes

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

35%

44%

14%

35%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orion is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orion are

11,098 jobs are based in Orion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Orion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Orion

11,098 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Orion residents hold

17,687 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+24%

Jobs based in Orion, 2011 → 2021: 8,917 → 11,098. 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.