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Orland, IN

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Overview


Orland is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 390 people and just one neighborhood, Orland is the 429th largest community in Indiana. Orland has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Orland is a blue-collar town, with 53.85% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Orland is a town of transportation and shipping workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orland who work in food service (9.31%), management occupations (9.31%), and maintenance occupations (6.07%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Orland has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Orland has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Orland than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Orland may be for you.

Being a small town, Orland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The population of Orland has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.80% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Orland in 2022 was $24,949, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,796 for a family of four. However, Orland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Orland is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Orland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Orland residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Orland also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.04% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Orland include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and French.

The most common language spoken in Orland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

has the amazing distinction of housing more same sex couples living together than 98.1% of neighborhoods in the U.S. If you are seeking such a neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that this is one place that you should consider.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 96.6% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Orland are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 44.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 24.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.7%), and 11.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Orland, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (7.0%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (10.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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