Work & commute · Orange

Work & commute in Orange, NY

Most working residents leave Orange for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Erwin (7%), Corning (7%) and Dix (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 458 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 434 Orange residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orange.

434live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

159work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orange goes to work

Erwin15.1 mi away

7%33

Corning13.5 mi away

7%32

Dix7 mi away

7%32

Elmira20.7 mi away

6%27

Orange (in town)right here

5%24

Milo18.6 mi away

4%18

Horseheads18.3 mi away

3%15

Bath14.4 mi away

3%15

Reading7.3 mi away

3%13

Corning13.4 mi away

3%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%236

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.

16%

53%

22%

16%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orange is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orange are

183 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

183 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Orange residents hold

458 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−32%

Jobs based in Orange, 2013 → 2023: 269 → 183. 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.