Work & commute · Norwalk

Work & commute in Norwalk, OH

Most working residents leave Norwalk for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Norwalk (25%), Sandusky (5%) and Perkins (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 1,547 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,505 Norwalk residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 774 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norwalk.

1,505live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

774work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norwalk goes to work

Norwalk1.8 mi away

25%384

Sandusky15.7 mi away

5%70

Perkins11.5 mi away

4%59

Milan4.4 mi away

3%43

Norwalk (in town)right here

2%37

Monroeville6.6 mi away

2%33

Bellevue13.8 mi away

2%32

Columbus90.2 mi away

2%32

Willard15.9 mi away

2%28

Huron10 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%801

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

How far

How far Norwalk commutes

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

41%

25%

13%

21%

41%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norwalk is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norwalk are

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

Jobs based in Norwalk

816 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Norwalk residents hold

1,547 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+21%

Jobs based in Norwalk, 2013 → 2023: 676 → 816. 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.