Work & commute · Norway

Work & commute in Norway, MI

Most working residents leave Norway for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Iron Mountain (39%), Kingsford (9%) and Breitung (9%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

147 of 1,171 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 1,024 Norway residents head out of town to work, 147 work right here, and 735 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norway.

1,024live here, work elsewhere

147live and work here

735work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norway goes to work

Iron Mountain7.3 mi away

39%457

Norway (in town)right here

13%147

Kingsford9 mi away

9%109

Breitung6.8 mi away

9%100

Escanaba40.2 mi away

3%32

Marquette57.6 mi away

2%26

Niagara, WI4.5 mi away

1%17

Escanaba36.2 mi away

1%16

Florence, WI23.3 mi away

1%11

Pembine, WI11.4 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%245

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

How far

How far Norway commutes

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

71%

18%

71%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norway is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Norway are

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

Jobs based in Norway

882 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Norway residents hold

1,171 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−13%

Jobs based in Norway, 2011 → 2021: 1,010 → 882. 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.