Work & commute · Norris

Work & commute in Norris, TN

Most working residents leave Norris for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (26%), Clinton (14%) and Oak Ridge (13%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 650 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 634 Norris residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norris.

634live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norris goes to work

Knoxville18 mi away

26%171

Clinton8.7 mi away

14%94

Oak Ridge21.3 mi away

13%83

Norris (in town)right here

2%16

Alcoa28 mi away

1%7

Memphis340.1 mi away

1%7

Halls11.6 mi away

1%7

Jacksboro11.1 mi away

1%6

La Follette11.5 mi away

1%6

Chattanooga103.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%247

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

How far

How far Norris commutes

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

22%

55%

14%

22%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norris is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norris are

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

Jobs based in Norris

461 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Norris residents hold

650 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+69%

Jobs based in Norris, 2013 → 2023: 272 → 461. 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.