Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Norene works elsewhere
12 jobs are based in Norene, and 65 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Norene itself; outside it, Nashville draws the most (28%, 32 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Tennessee as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Norene by day
On a workday 65 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 84 people are in Norene on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 places Norene commutes to
Where Norene clocks in
23% of workers
5% 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.
Norene makes things: 58% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norene, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 12. 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 Norene’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Norene
of Norene workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 58 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Tennessee: 87% 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.
Where in the region Norene works
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 Norene: questions
What is the median household income in Norene?
$122,054 (±$38,130) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norene?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Norene work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (28%, 32 mi), Lebanon (23%, 12 mi), Franklin (5%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Norene 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 Norene, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norene
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.