Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Norton top those of 68% of U.S. towns
6.1% of residents are in poverty, against 13.3% across Ohio. Norton grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 8% work in Norton; the top destination outside it is Akron (21%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Norton, in a few figures
Norton and Akron trade workers both ways
Akron is the top workplace for Norton residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Norton come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Norton makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Norton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Norton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. 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.
Why Norton gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Norton is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #287 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Norton could be anywhere from B to A.
Where people from Norton work
Where Norton clocks in
21% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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 37% of work in Norton
4,410 jobs are based in Norton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norton, 2013 → 2023: 4,129 → 4,410. 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 Norton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Norton
On a workday 5,013 residents head out to work, 421 work right here, and 3,989 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Norton: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Norton workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,091 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Norton
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.
Most of Norton commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Norton is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #687 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Norton near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,969 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Norton households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Norton’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Norton ranks: 888th of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 5 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 886 | Crete IL | 8,345 | $97K | 3.9% | 6.0% | 5% | A− |
| 887 | Lanham MD | 11,433 | $104K | 7.3% | 5.4% | 3% | A− |
| 888 | Norton OH | 11,493 | $90K | 6.1% | 4.2% | 8% | A− |
| 889 | Sumner WA | 10,871 | $98K | 4.9% | 5.3% | 10% | A− |
| 890 | Conway FL | 12,928 | $87K | 8.9% | 3.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Norton, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Norton and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Barberton (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Norton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton | – | A− | C | 23 min | $90,464 |
| Barberton | 6% | C+ | B+ | 22 min | $52,267 |
| New Franklin | under 3% | A− | C | 25 min | $90,244 |
| Copley Township | 2% | A | C | 22 min | $115,338 |
| Wadsworth Township | under 3% | A+ | D | 20 min | $106,800 |
| Chippewa Township | under 3% | A− | C | 23 min | $80,440 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Norton’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 Norton: questions
What is the median household income in Norton?
$90,464 (±$4,810) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norton?
6.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norton?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norton work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Akron (21%, 7 mi), Barberton (6%, 3 mi), Wadsworth (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Norton walkable?
Norton is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Norton without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Norton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norton
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.