Photo: Rdt8888 · Public domainHousehold incomes in Norco top those of 91% of U.S. towns
Norco grades A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. The poverty rate is 5.6%, next to 12.0% for California as a whole. About one in ten work in Norco itself; outside it, Corona draws the most (8%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Norco, in a few figures
Norco workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Norco’s commute
The biggest draw, Corona, gets only 8% of working residents, and 54% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Norco residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Norco has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Norco went from 10,237 in 2013 to 14,068 in 2023, +37%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Norco gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Norco is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #113 of 847 in California. Household income holds Norco’s grade up ($127,566, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Norco could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily trip from Norco: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Norco workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,923 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Norco’s working residents head each day
Where Norco clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Norco
14,068 jobs are based in Norco.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norco, 2013 → 2023: 10,237 → 14,068. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Norco fills up on a workday
On a workday 10,546 residents head out to work, 937 work right here, and 13,131 people come in from elsewhere.
About 28,000 people are in Norco on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Norco goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Norco gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Norco is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #596 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Norco near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,304 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 9% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Norco households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Norco’s commuters take a bus or train.
Norco next to U.S. towns of 18,000 to 34,000: 386th of 1,516 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 384 | Moorestown Township NJ | 22,262 | $160K | 5.7% | 5.6% | 11% | A |
| 385 | Pinole CA | 18,543 | $128K | 6.9% | 4.2% | 4% | A |
| 386 | Norco CA | 25,081 | $128K | 5.6% | 4.8% | 8% | A |
| 387 | Glen Ellyn IL | 28,750 | $141K | 6.3% | 5.3% | 8% | A |
| 388 | Guilford CT | 22,322 | $138K | 2.8% | 4.9% | 15% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,516 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Norco, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Norco’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Norco workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norco | – | A | B+ | 37 min | $127,566 |
| Corona | 8% | B+ | B+ | 34 min | $109,242 |
| Eastvale | under 3% | A | B | 37 min | $160,069 |
| Riverside | 7% | B | A | 31 min | $91,045 |
| Jurupa Valley | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 32 min | $97,550 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Corona. Darker towns draw more of Norco’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Norco: questions
What is the median household income in Norco?
$127,566 (±$7,447) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norco?
5.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norco?
37 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norco work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corona (8%, 4 mi), Riverside (7%, 9 mi), Los Angeles (5%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Norco walkable?
Norco is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Norco without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Norco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norco
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.