Orland is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 394 people and just one neighborhood, Orland is the 429th largest community in Indiana. Orland has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Orland is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.52% of the Orland workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Orland is a town of transportation and shipping workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orland who work in management occupations (11.19%), food service (7.46%), and office and administrative support (7.09%).
Of important note, Orland is also a town of artists. Orland has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Orland’s character.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Orland has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Orland a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Orland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Orland with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.24% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Orland in 2022 was $28,404, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,616 for a family of four. However, Orland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Orland is a somewhat 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 14.97% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Orland include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Northern European.
The most common language spoken in Orland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
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.
In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Orland is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in IN, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 85.1% of the neighborhoods in Indiana. If you are considering retiring to Indiana, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 45.3% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.4% of American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 0.5% have Belgian ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this 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 46.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 50.8% of America'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, 45.3% 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 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.3%), and 10.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 85.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (10.5%).
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 (19.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.7%), and residents who report Mexican roots (10.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.5%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.8%), among others.
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 (48.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.8%) 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 (10.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.