Work & commute · Norfolk

Work & commute in Norfolk, MN

Most working residents leave Norfolk for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Olivia (22%), Bird Island (10%) and Redwood Falls (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 65 Norfolk residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norfolk.

65live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norfolk goes to work

Olivia7.8 mi away

22%15

Bird Island6.7 mi away

10%7

Redwood Falls12 mi away

6%4

Minneapolis84.1 mi away

4%3

Bird Island6 mi away

4%3

Norfolk (in town)right here

3%2

Troy8.3 mi away

3%2

Danube11.6 mi away

1%1

Winthrop29.7 mi away

1%1

Renville15.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%28

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

How far

How far Norfolk commutes

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

43%

13%

15%

28%

43%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norfolk is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Norfolk are

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

Jobs based in Norfolk

83 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Norfolk residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+22%

Jobs based in Norfolk, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 83. 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.