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Norwood, NJ

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Overview


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.

Occupations and Workforce

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.

A relatively large number of people in Norwood telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.29% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Norwood is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Norwood a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Norwood has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Norwood’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Norwood is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Norwood, the average commute to work is 32.30 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the borough, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

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.

Demographics

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.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Norwood's cultural character, accounting for 27.70% of the borough’s population.

The most common language spoken in Norwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

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.

Diversity

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.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this 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.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

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.

Languages

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.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

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.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. 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.


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