Norristown is a medium-sized borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 35,769 people and 21 associated neighborhoods, Norristown is the 18th largest community in Pennsylvania. Norristown has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Also of interest is that Norristown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.36% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the borough are by private automobile, Norristown is somewhat unusual for a borough of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Norristown area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

The population of Norristown overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Norristown, 23.67% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Norristown in 2022 was $27,999, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,996 for a family of four. However, Norristown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Norristown is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Norristown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Norristown, accounting for 32.90% of the borough’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Norristown residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Norristown include Italian, German, Irish, Jamaican, and English.

Norristown also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.67%.

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