The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Norwood has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Norwood a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Norwood is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Norwood is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.48% of adults 25 and older in Norwood have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Norwood in 2022 was $29,228, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,912 for a family of four. However, Norwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Norwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. 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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Norwood include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Norwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
