Norfolk is a medium-sized city located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 26,147 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Norfolk is the eighth largest community in Nebraska.Norfolk is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Norfolk is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Norfolk who work in office and administrative support (10.95%), management occupations (9.18%), and sales jobs (8.64%). Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 13.62 minutes getting to work every day.The education level of Norfolk citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.98% of adults in Norfolk have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Norfolk in 2022 was $36,287, which is upper middle income relative to Nebraska, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,148 for a family of four. However, Norfolk contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Norfolk is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Norfolk home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Norfolk residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Norfolk also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.45% of the city鈥檚 residents. Important ancestries of people in Norfolk include German, Irish, English, Czech, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Norfolk is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.