Work & commute · Norman

Work & commute in Norman, MI

Most working residents leave Norman for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Manistee (15%), Manistee (5%) and Cadillac (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

55 of 474 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 419 Norman residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norman.

419live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norman goes to work

Manistee16.1 mi away

15%73

Norman (in town)right here

12%55

Manistee19.2 mi away

5%22

Cadillac25.5 mi away

4%20

Dickson6.6 mi away

2%10

Stronach10.4 mi away

2%10

Maple Grove12.9 mi away

2%8

Eden7.2 mi away

2%8

Traverse City41.5 mi away

1%7

Grand Rapids87.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%254

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

How far

How far Norman commutes

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

17%

37%

15%

31%

17%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norman is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norman are

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

Jobs based in Norman

159 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities69%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Norman residents hold

474 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+4%

Jobs based in Norman, 2011 → 2021: 153 → 159. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.