Norrie has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Norrie is better than 63% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (C). There are 92 jobs in Norrie, and 460 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Norrie for work; outside it, Wausau is the main destination (23%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Norrie: the gist
Norrie is a place people come home to
There are 92 jobs based in Norrie, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Norrie has about 670 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Norrie workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (21 to 32 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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 460 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Norrie’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Norrie’s grade up (5.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.4%) is left out: Norrie’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Norrie could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Norrie on a workday afternoon
On a workday 457 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Norrie 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.
About 36 minutes to work from Norrie
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Norrie workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 454 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Where the trip to work from Norrie ends
Where Norrie clocks in
23% 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.
Norrie makes things: 59% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norrie, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 92. 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 Norrie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Norrie
About 20% 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.
The commute in Norrie is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 524 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). 0.0% of Norrie households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Norrie’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Norrie ranks 658th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 17 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 67 | Kaukauna WI | 1,295 | $122K | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 656 | Millbury OH | 1,211 | $81K | 11.2% | 3.5% | 1% | B |
| 657 | Fletcher VT | 1,380 | $106K | 3.8% | 0.9% | 1% | B |
| 658 | Norrie WI | 1,037 | $93K | 5.1% | 0.4% | 1% | B |
| 659 | Long Creek IL | 1,212 | $79K | 6.7% | 5.2% | 2% | B |
| 660 | Oskaloosa KS | 1,060 | $84K | 5.7% | 2.2% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Norrie, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Around Norrie: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Ringle (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Norrie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norrie | – | B | C | 36 min | $92,778 |
| Hatley | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Ringle | 2% | A− | D | 22 min | $91,625 |
| Birnamwood | 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Plover | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Elderon | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Eland | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Easton | under 2% | B+ | D | 24 min | $104,643 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hatley, Birnamwood, Elderon and Eland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Plover: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Norrie’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 Norrie: questions
What is the median household income in Norrie?
$92,778 (±$12,262) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norrie?
5.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norrie?
36 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norrie work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (23%, 17 mi), Weston (17%, 12 mi), Schofield (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Norrie walkable?
Norrie is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Norrie 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 Norrie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norrie
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.