Norris has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Norris itself; outside it, Greenville draws the most (9%, 23 miles). Employers in Norris report 54 jobs for 320 working residents. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, against 12% across South Carolina.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Norris: the gist
Norris is a place people come home to
There are 54 jobs based in Norris, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Norris has about 500 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Norris’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Norris is Greenville, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (28) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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; with 320 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Norris, and who commutes in
On a workday 319 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Norris on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The distance from Norris to work
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.
Out of Norris to work: where people go
Where Norris clocks in
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.
What Norris’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norris, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 54. 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.
Getting to work from Norris takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Norris workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 333 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across South Carolina: 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.
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 median household income in Norris?
$50,750 (±$29,610) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norris?
15.0%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norris?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norris work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (9%, 23 mi), Clemson (7%, 6 mi), Easley (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Norris without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.