Norway Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 12% across Kansas. Norway Township has 14 jobs for 50 working residents. Only 2% stay in Norway Township for work; outside it, Belleville is the main destination (18%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Norway Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 89 people are in Norway Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Norway Township work
Where Norway Township clocks in
18% 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.
In Norway Township, 43% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norway Township, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 14. 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 Norway Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Norway Township takes about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Norway Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 86 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% 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.
Where in the region Norway Township works
About 30% 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.
Next door to Norway Township
The biggest share goes to Scandia Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Norway Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norway Township | – | — | — | 13 min | $76,111 |
| Sibley Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Scandia Township | 6% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Beaver Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Buffalo Township | under 2% | — | — | 45 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sibley Township, Scandia Township, Beaver Township, Lincoln Township and Buffalo Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Norway Township’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 Norway Township: questions
What is the median household income in Norway Township?
$76,111 (±$22,260) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norway Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norway Township?
13 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norway Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Belleville (18%, 12 mi), Courtland (16%, 9 mi), Scandia (14%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Norway Township 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 Norway Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norway Township
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.