Briarwood vs Norwood

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

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

Briarwood has the higher population (420 vs 395 in Norwood). Norwood has the higher median household income ($106,667 vs $74,375 in Briarwood). Norwood has the higher median home value ($347,400 vs $193,400 in Briarwood).

Population, income & housing

	Briarwood	Norwood
Population	420	395
Median age	45.9 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$106,667
Median home value	$193,400	$347,400
Median gross rent	$1,482	$1,798
Housing units	219	184
Homeownership rate	88.1%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.3%	66.3%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briarwood	Norwood
Population	527 → 420 (-20.3%)	450 → 395 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$60,729 → $74,375 (+22.5%)	$94,167 → $106,667 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$148,000 → $193,400 (+30.7%)	$288,200 → $347,400 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,316 → $1,482 (+12.6%)	$1,444 → $1,798 (+24.5%)

Briarwood

Population

527420

Median household income

$60,729$74,375

Median home value

$148,000$193,400

Median gross rent

$1,316$1,482

Norwood

Population

450395

Median household income

$94,167$106,667

Median home value

$288,200$347,400

Median gross rent

$1,444$1,798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briarwood	Norwood
Under 5	6.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	8.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	19.0%
65 to 74	15.7%	10.4%
75 and over	8.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briarwood	Norwood
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	85.1%
Black or African American	9.8%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briarwood	Norwood
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.7%
High school graduate	17.6%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	29.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briarwood	Norwood
Drove alone	82.4%	76.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briarwood	Norwood
1-unit, detached	49.3%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	49.3%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Briarwood	Norwood
Poverty rate	6.2%	4.8%
Average household size	1.92	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1972	1959