Work & commute · Norton Shores

Work & commute in Norton Shores, MI

Most working residents leave Norton Shores for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Muskegon (20%), Grand Rapids (5%) and Grand Haven (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,295 of 10,237 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,942 Norton Shores residents head out of town to work, 1,295 work right here, and 8,313 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norton Shores.

8,942live here, work elsewhere

1,295live and work here

8,313work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norton Shores goes to work

Muskegon4.1 mi away

20%2,081

Norton Shores (in town)right here

13%1,295

Grand Rapids32.6 mi away

5%540

Grand Haven7.9 mi away

5%521

Spring Lake7.5 mi away

4%382

Grand Haven12 mi away

3%324

Fruitport5 mi away

3%302

Muskegon6.6 mi away

3%287

Muskegon Heights2.3 mi away

2%249

Roosevelt Park2.8 mi away

2%229

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%4,027

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

How far

How far Norton Shores commutes

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

55%

10%

21%

14%

55%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norton Shores is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Norton Shores are

9,608 jobs are based in Norton Shores. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norton Shores’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norton Shores

9,608 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Norton Shores residents hold

10,237 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+3%

Jobs based in Norton Shores, 2011 → 2021: 9,296 → 9,608. 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.