Norris has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 100% of workers, the job is at home, where Montana as a whole has 12%. Norris has 7 jobs, and 22 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Norris for work; outside it, Bozeman is the main destination (23%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Norris
On a workday 22 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2 people are in Norris on a workday afternoon, 88% 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.
Out of Norris to work: where people go
Where Norris clocks in
23% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 57% of work in Norris
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norris, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 7. 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 Norris’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Norris
of Norris workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Norris, by distance
About 36% 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 Norris: questions
What is the poverty rate in Norris?
82.4%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Norris work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bozeman (23%, 32 mi), Ennis (9%, 16 mi), Great Falls (9%, 135 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Norris, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norris
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.