Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Norwood commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Norwood report 107 jobs; 436 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Norwood for work; outside it, Antigo is the main destination (39%, 7 miles). 6% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Norwood apart on work
Norwood and Antigo trade workers both ways
Antigo is the top workplace for Norwood residents (39%) and also where the most people who work in Norwood come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Norwood is a place people come home to
There are 107 jobs based in Norwood, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Norwood has about 580 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Norwood workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 436 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Norwood’s working residents head each day
Where Norwood clocks in
39% of workers
6% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Norwood
On a workday 426 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in Norwood on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Norwood’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Norwood workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 426 commuters (the 6% 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.
Goods, not services: 31% of the jobs in Norwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norwood, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 107. 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 Norwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Norwood to work
About 25% 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.
Around Norwood: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Norwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood | – | — | — | 27 min | $79,821 |
| Hutchins | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Menominee | under 2% | D | C | 22 min | $62,108 |
| Rolling | 6% | B+ | D | 21 min | $95,239 |
| Polar | under 2% | C+ | C | 24 min | $76,458 |
| Antigo | 3% | B | B+ | 16 min | $95,571 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hutchins: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rolling. Darker towns draw more of Norwood’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 Norwood: questions
What is the median household income in Norwood?
$79,821 (±$16,748) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norwood?
16.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norwood?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norwood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Antigo (39%, 7 mi), Rolling (6%, 6 mi), Wausau (6%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Norwood without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Norwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norwood
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.