Photo: Keith Snyder · CC BY-SA 4.0Norborne has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 8% work in Norborne; the top destination outside it is Carrollton (15%, 11 miles). Norborne has 135 jobs, and 250 of its residents work somewhere. A typical one-way commute from Norborne lasts 31 minutes (Missouri 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Norborne
From Norborne, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Norborne workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 308 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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.
In and out of Norborne on a workday
On a workday 231 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Norborne on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 Norborne work
Where Norborne clocks in
15% 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 Norborne
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norborne, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 135. 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 Norborne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Norborne
About 24% 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 Norborne: questions
What is the median household income in Norborne?
$65,577 (±$10,070) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norborne?
11.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norborne?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norborne work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carrollton (15%, 11 mi), Kansas City (7%, 48 mi), Chillicothe (6%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Norborne without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Norborne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norborne
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.