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Work & commute · Norton

Work & commute in Norton, VA

About one in 3 of Norton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wise (13%), Big Stone Gap (5%) and Pound (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
31%
432 of 1,400 working residents
Typical commute
6 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
19%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 968 Norton residents head out of town to work, 432 work right here, and 2,861 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norton.

968live here, work elsewhere
432live and work here
2,861work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Norton goes to work

Johnson CityKingsportCoeburnPoundWiseAppalachiaMarionBig Stone GapLebanonAbingdonNortonBristolBig Stone Gap EastRiverviewWiseBig Stone GapPoundKingsportCoeburnAbingdonJohnson CityLebanonBristolNorton
1
Norton (in town)right here
31%432
2
Wise4 mi away
13%183
3
Big Stone Gap9.6 mi away
5%73
4
Pound13.5 mi away
2%32
5
Kingsport, TN28.8 mi away
2%27
6
Coeburn8.6 mi away
2%21
7
Abingdon39.4 mi away
1%18
8
Johnson City, TN42.9 mi away
1%16
9
Lebanon30.3 mi away
1%16
10
Bristol33.8 mi away
1%16
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%566

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.

59%Under 10 mi
10%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Norton is a job hub

2.35jobs per working resident
A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Norton are

3,293 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

3,293 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Norton residents hold

1,400 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month46%
+1%

Jobs based in Norton, 2013 → 2023: 3,248 → 3,293. 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.

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