Work & commute · Norvell

Work & commute in Norvell, MI

Most working residents leave Norvell for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (12%), Columbia (8%) and Chelsea (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 795 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 775 Norvell residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norvell.

775live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norvell goes to work

Jackson14.7 mi away

12%95

Columbia6 mi away

8%60

Chelsea14.6 mi away

5%39

Ann Arbor24.3 mi away

4%33

Napoleon7.6 mi away

4%30

Blackman17.7 mi away

4%29

Scio19.9 mi away

3%26

Lansing45.2 mi away

3%25

Summit14.5 mi away

3%25

Norvell (in town)right here

3%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%413

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

How far

How far Norvell commutes

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

20%

42%

21%

17%

20%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norvell is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norvell are

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

Jobs based in Norvell

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Norvell residents hold

795 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+100%

Jobs based in Norvell, 2011 → 2021: 33 → 66. 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.