Work & commute · Norton

Work & commute in Norton, KS

Most working residents leave Norton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (17%), Valley Falls (9%) and Winchester (8%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 372 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 362 Norton residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norton.

362live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

90work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norton goes to work

Topeka32.2 mi away

17%63

Valley Falls8.9 mi away

9%32

Winchester5.3 mi away

8%28

Lawrence30 mi away

7%27

Kansas City35.6 mi away

6%21

Atchison14.9 mi away

5%20

Kansas City, MO44.6 mi away

3%13

Oskaloosa12.2 mi away

3%11

Lecompton24.7 mi away

3%11

Leavenworth21.1 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%137

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Norton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

19%

20%

51%

19%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

51%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norton is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.27 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Norton are

100 jobs are based in Norton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norton

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Norton residents hold

372 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−7%

Jobs based in Norton, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 100. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.