Making a living in Norristown
The Census job records count 23 working residents of Norristown and no jobs based in it. Home is the office for 0% of workers (Georgia 16%). Hardly any work in Norristown; the top destination outside it is Swainsboro (35%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Norristown, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Norristown on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Norristown commutes to
Where Norristown clocks in
35% of workers
13% 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.
Working from home in Norristown
of Norristown workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Norristown
About 23% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Norristown: questions
What is the poverty rate in Norristown?
0.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Norristown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Swainsboro (35%, 11 mi), Vidalia (13%, 21 mi), Savannah (9%, 84 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Norristown 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 Norristown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norristown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.