Mossville vs Norwood

A side-by-side comparison of Mossville and Norwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Mossville and Norwood are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Norwood has the higher population (501 vs 210 in Mossville). Norwood has the higher median home value ($93,500 vs $93,000 in Mossville). Since 2019, Norwood's population has grown faster (+3.7% vs -20.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Mossville	Norwood
Population	210	501
Median age	36.1 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$68,750
Median home value	$93,000	$93,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,000
Housing units	78	217
Homeownership rate	100.0%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	15.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mossville	Norwood
Population	263 → 210 (-20.2%)	483 → 501 (+3.7%)
Median household income	—	$58,750 → $68,750 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $93,000 (+5.8%)	$98,900 → $93,500 (-5.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$980 → $1,000 (+2.0%)

Mossville

Population

263210

Median home value

$87,900$93,000

Norwood

Population

483501

Median household income

$58,750$68,750

Median home value

$98,900$93,500

Median gross rent

$980$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mossville	Norwood
Under 5	33.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	15.7%	6.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	4.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	19.6%
65 to 74	5.2%	8.0%
75 and over	12.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mossville	Norwood
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	18.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mossville	Norwood
No high school diploma	5.7%	9.9%
High school graduate	32.1%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	46.4%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mossville	Norwood
Drove alone	100.0%	66.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mossville	Norwood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Mossville	Norwood
Poverty rate	4.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	16	29
Median year structure built	1938	1957