Fewer people are out of work in Norwich (0.7%) than in 96% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 18 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). Norwich grades B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in seven work in Norwich; the top destination outside it is Norwich (19%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Norwich in brief
Commutes from Norwich are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Norwich makes and builds things
67% of the jobs based in Norwich are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Norwich residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Norwich is where the jobs are
Norwich has 3,558 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,600 people are in town, 60% more than the 3,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Norwich has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Norwich went from 2,409 in 2013 to 3,558 in 2023, +48%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Norwich pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Norwich pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Norwich gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Norwich is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #323 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Norwich’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Norwich could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
About 18 minutes to work from Norwich
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Norwich workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,481 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Factories, building and farms: 67% of the jobs in Norwich
3,558 jobs are based in Norwich.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norwich, 2013 → 2023: 2,409 → 3,558. 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 Norwich’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Norwich by day and by night
On a workday 1,248 residents head out to work, 217 work right here, and 3,341 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,600 people are in Norwich on a workday afternoon, 60% more than live here.
2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 the people who work in Norwich live
Where Norwich clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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.
Where in the region Norwich works
About 20% 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.
In Norwich, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Norwich is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #485 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,650 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Norwich households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Norwich’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Norwich is 1,667th among 4,535 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,665 | Rockledge PA | 2,613 | $93K | 9.5% | 7.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,666 | Chelsea ME | 2,848 | $85K | 8.7% | 2.8% | 8% | B |
| 1,667 | Norwich NY | 3,499 | $63K | 4.3% | 0.7% | 15% | B |
| 1,668 | Mill Bay AK | 3,654 | $89K | 9.0% | 0.0% | — | B |
| 1,669 | Holiday Shores IL | 2,782 | $87K | 4.1% | 7.1% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Norwich, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Norwich
The biggest share goes to New Berlin (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Norwich workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich | – | B | B− | 18 min | $63,226 |
| Butternuts | under 2% | B− | C | 31 min | $90,313 |
| New Berlin | 4% | D | C− | 20 min | $62,159 |
| Preston | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| North Norwich | 3% | C | C | 20 min | $77,955 |
| Guilford | under 2% | C | D | 28 min | $73,681 |
| Oxford | under 2% | D | B− | 24 min | $61,168 |
Same-state neighbors only. Preston: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Norwich’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 Norwich: questions
What is the median household income in Norwich?
$63,226 (±$15,103) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norwich?
4.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norwich?
18 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norwich work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Norwich (19%, 2 mi), New Berlin (4%, 6 mi), Binghamton (3%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Norwich walkable?
Norwich is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Norwich without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Norwich, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norwich
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.