Work & commute · Norton

Work & commute in Norton, MA

Most working residents leave Norton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Mansfield (4%) and Taunton (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

683 of 9,209 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,526 Norton residents head out of town to work, 683 work right here, and 5,153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norton.

8,526live here, work elsewhere

683live and work here

5,153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norton goes to work

Boston26.8 mi away

12%1,071

Norton (in town)right here

7%683

Mansfield4 mi away

4%353

Taunton6.2 mi away

3%315

Attleboro6.2 mi away

3%307

Brockton11.4 mi away

3%276

Foxborough7.4 mi away

3%253

Easton6.3 mi away

2%226

Canton14.8 mi away

2%223

Norwood15.4 mi away

2%205

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%5,297

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.

30%

39%

27%

30%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norton is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norton are

5,836 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

5,836 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Norton residents hold

9,209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−1%

Jobs based in Norton, 2013 → 2023: 5,901 → 5,836. 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.