Work & commute · Norton

Work & commute in Norton, OH

Most working residents leave Norton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Akron (21%), Barberton (6%) and Wadsworth (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

421 of 5,434 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,013 Norton residents head out of town to work, 421 work right here, and 3,989 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norton.

5,013live here, work elsewhere

421live and work here

3,989work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norton goes to work

Akron7.4 mi away

21%1,124

Norton (in town)right here

8%421

Barberton2.6 mi away

6%328

Wadsworth4.5 mi away

4%241

Cuyahoga Falls11.7 mi away

3%182

Cleveland31.1 mi away

3%180

Copley3.9 mi away

2%135

Green10.4 mi away

2%131

Fairlawn7.2 mi away

2%128

Jackson14.3 mi away

2%121

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,443

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

How far

How far Norton commutes

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

50%

30%

11%

50%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Norton are

4,410 jobs are based in Norton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norton

4,410 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Norton residents hold

5,434 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+7%

Jobs based in Norton, 2013 → 2023: 4,129 → 4,410. 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.