Photo: Darrylpearson · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Normanna works elsewhere
There are 6 jobs in Normanna, and 22 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Normanna for work; outside it, Beeville is the main destination (18%, 9 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Normanna: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 22 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Normanna on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Commuting out of Normanna: the destinations
Where Normanna clocks in
18% of workers
9% of workers
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.
In Normanna, 50% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Normanna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Normanna
of Normanna workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Normanna
About 50% 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.
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 Normanna: questions
What is the poverty rate in Normanna?
100.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Normanna work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beeville (18%, 9 mi), San Antonio (9%, 79 mi), Houston (9%, 169 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Normanna 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 Normanna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Normanna
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.