Work & commute · Norborne

Work & commute in Norborne, MO

Most working residents leave Norborne for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Carrollton (15%), Kansas City (7%) and Chillicothe (6%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 250 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 231 Norborne residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norborne.

231live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norborne goes to work

Carrollton10.6 mi away

15%38

Norborne (in town)right here

8%19

Kansas City48.4 mi away

7%17

Chillicothe34.7 mi away

6%15

Richmond16 mi away

4%11

Independence39.2 mi away

3%7

Columbia76.4 mi away

3%7

Braymer20.9 mi away

2%5

Claycomo43.6 mi away

2%5

Hale27.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%122

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

How far

How far Norborne commutes

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

11%

31%

34%

24%

11%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norborne is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norborne are

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

Jobs based in Norborne

135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Norborne residents hold

250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+15%

Jobs based in Norborne, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 135. 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.