Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Norwegian Township (1.3%) than in 92% of U.S. towns
Norwegian Township grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 7% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Only 4% stay in Norwegian Township for work; outside it, Pottsville is the main destination (18%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Norwegian Township, in brief
A lot of Norwegian Township works one town over
30% of working residents work in a town that borders Norwegian Township: Pottsville (18%), St. Clair (4%) and Minersville (3%). Next door ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Norwegian Township
70% of Norwegian Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Norwegian Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Norwegian Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 920 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Norwegian Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Norwegian Township is better than 85% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Norwegian Township’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Norwegian Township could be anywhere from B to A.
The 1,067 jobs based in Norwegian Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norwegian Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,182 → 1,067. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norwegian Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Norwegian Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 879 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 1,026 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 (1.16 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Norwegian Township’s residents
Where Norwegian Township clocks in
18% of workers
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.
Commuting from Norwegian Township: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Norwegian Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,110 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Norwegian Township works
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Norwegian Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Norwegian Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,193 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). 5.1% of Norwegian Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Norwegian Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Norwegian Township is 517th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 515 | Big Rock Township IL | 1,739 | $158K | 10.7% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| 516 | Jackson Township IN | 1,760 | $101K | 0.9% | 1.1% | 3% | A |
| 517 | Norwegian Township PA | 2,403 | $85K | 2.5% | 1.3% | 4% | A |
| 518 | Madrid IA | 2,820 | $90K | 6.3% | 1.7% | 6% | A |
| 519 | Fairfax OH | 1,764 | $75K | 4.1% | 3.3% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Norwegian Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
30% of Norwegian Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Norwegian Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwegian Township | – | A | C+ | 20 min | $85,272 |
| Cass Township | 2% | B | D | 29 min | $81,917 |
| Minersville | 3% | C− | A | 22 min | $53,416 |
| Branch Township | under 2% | B− | D | 33 min | $79,139 |
| Pottsville | 18% | C− | A | 24 min | $54,332 |
| North Manheim Township | 3% | B | C | 22 min | $88,125 |
| St. Clair | 4% | B | A | 24 min | $64,304 |
| East Norwegian Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| New Castle Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. East Norwegian Township and New Castle Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pottsville. Darker towns draw more of Norwegian Township’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 2024, 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 Norwegian Township: questions
What is the median household income in Norwegian Township?
$85,272 (±$32,519) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norwegian Township?
2.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norwegian Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norwegian Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pottsville (18%, 1 mi), St. Clair (4%, 3 mi), North Manheim Township (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Norwegian Township walkable?
Norwegian Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Norwegian Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Norwegian Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norwegian Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.