Work & commute · Norco

Work & commute in Norco, LA

Most working residents leave Norco for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Luling (10%), Metairie (10%) and New Orleans (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

100 of 1,391 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,291 Norco residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 2,213 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norco.

1,291live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

2,213work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norco goes to work

Luling7.5 mi away

10%137

Metairie13.6 mi away

10%136

New Orleans28.4 mi away

9%132

Norco (in town)right here

7%100

Kenner9 mi away

6%85

Laplace6.7 mi away

4%58

Baton Rouge53.1 mi away

3%47

Hahnville2.7 mi away

3%46

Elmwood13.3 mi away

3%43

Destrehan3.5 mi away

3%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%568

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

How far

How far Norco commutes

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

38%

34%

17%

11%

38%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norco is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Norco are

2,313 jobs are based in Norco. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norco’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norco

2,313 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month90%

Jobs Norco residents hold

1,391 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−30%

Jobs based in Norco, 2013 → 2023: 3,308 → 2,313. 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.