Work & commute · Norway

Work & commute in Norway, WI

Most working residents leave Norway for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (16%), Muskego (7%) and New Berlin (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

183 of 4,145 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,962 Norway residents head out of town to work, 183 work right here, and 817 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norway.

3,962live here, work elsewhere

183live and work here

817work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norway goes to work

Milwaukee20 mi away

16%675

Muskego5.2 mi away

7%270

Norway (in town)right here

4%183

New Berlin12.1 mi away

4%173

West Allis15.3 mi away

3%143

Wauwatosa18.9 mi away

3%143

Waukesha15.9 mi away

3%139

Franklin8.2 mi away

3%136

Brookfield18.5 mi away

3%134

Oak Creek12.7 mi away

3%131

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,018

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.

21%

64%

21%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norway is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norway are

1,000 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

1,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Norway residents hold

4,145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+39%

Jobs based in Norway, 2013 → 2023: 721 → 1,000. 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.