Work & commute · Norway

Work & commute in Norway, SD

Most working residents leave Norway for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (28%), Viborg (6%) and Centerville (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 80 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

50%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 79 Norway residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norway.

79live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norway goes to work

Sioux Falls29.6 mi away

28%22

Viborg11.2 mi away

6%5

Centerville18.3 mi away

6%5

Irene15.3 mi away

5%4

Brookings72.6 mi away

5%4

Sioux City, IA69.7 mi away

3%2

Hurley6.7 mi away

3%2

Marion8.8 mi away

3%2

Parker8 mi away

3%2

Lennox16.8 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%30

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

How far

How far Norway commutes

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

15%

29%

38%

18%

15%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norway is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norway are

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

Jobs based in Norway

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month3%

Over $3,333 a month95%

Jobs Norway residents hold

80 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+3600%

Jobs based in Norway, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 37. 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.