Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0More than half of Nord’s working residents commute to Chico
There are 94 jobs in Nord for 132 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, next to 17% for California as a whole. Hardly any stay in Nord for work; outside it, Chico is the main destination (58%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Nord on a workday
On a workday 132 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Nord on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Nord’s residents
Where Nord clocks in
58% of workers
5% of workers
2% 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.
A place that makes things: 49% of Nord’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nord, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 94. 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 Nord’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Nord
of Nord workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 58 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Nord
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
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 Nord: questions
What is the median household income in Nord?
$69,199 (±$66,191) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nord?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Nord work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Nord without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nord, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nord
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.