Work & commute · Norwood

Work & commute in Norwood, MO

Most working residents leave Norwood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (19%), Mansfield (17%) and Mountain Grove (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 178 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 172 Norwood residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norwood.

172live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norwood goes to work

Springfield48.5 mi away

19%34

Mansfield8.9 mi away

17%31

Mountain Grove8.6 mi away

8%15

Ava17.2 mi away

6%11

Seymour19.5 mi away

4%7

Norwood (in town)right here

3%6

Cabool17.4 mi away

3%5

Hartville11.2 mi away

2%4

West Plains39.7 mi away

2%4

Willow Springs26.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%58

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

How far

How far Norwood commutes

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

32%

20%

28%

21%

32%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Norwood are

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

Jobs based in Norwood

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Norwood residents hold

178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−16%

Jobs based in Norwood, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 158. 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.