Work & commute · Norlina

Work & commute in Norlina, NC

Most working residents leave Norlina for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (10%), Henderson (9%) and Warrenton (8%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 305 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 285 Norlina residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 306 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norlina.

285live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

306work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norlina goes to work

Raleigh49.1 mi away

10%31

Henderson14.7 mi away

9%26

Warrenton3.8 mi away

8%25

Norlina (in town)right here

7%20

Durham50.8 mi away

6%19

Oxford23.4 mi away

4%11

Charlotte170.6 mi away

3%9

Rocky Mount39.4 mi away

2%5

Wilson51.5 mi away

2%5

South Hill, VA19.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%149

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

How far

How far Norlina commutes

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

27%

22%

20%

32%

27%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norlina is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Norlina are

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

Jobs based in Norlina

326 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Norlina residents hold

305 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+64%

Jobs based in Norlina, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 326. 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.