Most of Norman commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 16% across North Carolina. There are 4 jobs in Norman, and 44 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Norman; the top destination outside it is Ellerbe (11%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Norman
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 59 people are in Norman on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 Norman’s working residents head each day
Where Norman clocks in
7% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Norman
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Norman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Norman
of Norman workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 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.
The distance from Norman to work
About 27% 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 Norman: questions
What is the poverty rate in Norman?
58.4%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Norman work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ellerbe (11%, 7 mi), Rockingham (7%, 16 mi), Raleigh (7%, 76 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Norman 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 Norman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norman
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.