Work & commute · Orange

Work & commute in Orange, VA

About one in 5 of Orange’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Culpeper (5%), Charlottesville (5%) and University of Virginia (2%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

445 of 2,086 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,641 Orange residents head out of town to work, 445 work right here, and 3,147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orange.

1,641live here, work elsewhere

445live and work here

3,147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orange goes to work

Orange (in town)right here

21%445

Culpeper16.6 mi away

5%102

Charlottesville24.9 mi away

5%94

University of Virginia26.6 mi away

2%48

Gordonsville8.7 mi away

2%41

Richmond60.5 mi away

1%30

Pantops23.4 mi away

1%25

Warrenton36.7 mi away

1%23

Arlington69.9 mi away

1%19

Fredericksburg34.2 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%1,241

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.

31%

23%

21%

25%

31%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orange is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Orange are

3,592 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

3,592 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Orange residents hold

2,086 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−7%

Jobs based in Orange, 2013 → 2023: 3,843 → 3,592. 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.