Work & commute · Norway

Work & commute in Norway, MN

Most working residents leave Norway for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (13%), Rushford (9%) and Lanesboro (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 179 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 177 Norway residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norway.

177live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norway goes to work

Rochester41.3 mi away

13%24

Rushford8.3 mi away

9%16

Lanesboro9.7 mi away

8%15

Mabel12.1 mi away

6%11

Spring Grove11.6 mi away

5%9

Harmony15 mi away

5%9

Preston15.3 mi away

5%9

Chatfield22.7 mi away

4%7

Winona25.3 mi away

4%7

Lewiston20.4 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%67

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.

22%

42%

23%

13%

22%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norway is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norway are

34 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

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Norway residents hold

179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+89%

Jobs based in Norway, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 34. 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.