Norwood is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 5,700 people and just one neighborhood, Norwood is the 293rd largest community in New Jersey.
Norwood home prices are not only among the most expensive in New Jersey, but Norwood real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Norwood is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 90.06% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Norwood is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Norwood who work in management occupations (23.79%), sales jobs (11.84%), and office and administrative support (10.60%).
Also of interest is that Norwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Of important note, Norwood is also a borough of artists. Norwood has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Norwood’s character.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 17.29% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Norwood is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Norwood really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Norwood perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
One downside of living in Norwood, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.30 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
In Norwood, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Norwood is a relatively small borough. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Norwood, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Norwood is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 58.98% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Norwood in 2022 was $63,518, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $254,072 for a family of four.
Norwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Norwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Norwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Norwood include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, and English.
In addition, Norwood has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (27.70%).
The most common language spoken in Norwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
If you're a regular supporter of the arts and enjoy outings to the theatre, weekend boutique-ing, or even a finely aged wine with dinner, than you're in good company with the people of the neighborhood. This neighborhood is uniquely immersed with more "urban sophisticates" than 95.6% of neighborhoods across the country. The people here truly stand out as a class among their own. They are an exclusive community characterized by refined tastes, cultural inclinations, and the means to live well. Urban sophisticates live a big city lifestyle, whether or not they live in or near a big city. They are educated executives or managers by week, and serial patrons of the arts by weekend. If this lifestyle pertains to you, than you'll certainly feel right at home in the neighborhood. In addition to being an excellent choice for urban sophisticates, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Brazilian and Asian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Brazilian ancestry and 31.6% have Asian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 25.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Korean at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 100.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Norwood are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 94.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 78.2% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 58.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 20.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (11.3%), and 9.9% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 60.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Korean, Spanish and Langs. of India.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Norwood, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (31.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.7%), and residents who report Italian roots (14.6%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (10.2%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.0%), among others. In addition, 27.7% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (62.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (14.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.