Norton Center vs Raynham Center

A side-by-side comparison of Norton Center and Raynham Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Norton Center and Raynham Center are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Raynham Center has the higher population (4,871 vs 2,526 in Norton Center). Raynham Center has the higher median household income ($120,913 vs $114,051 in Norton Center). Raynham Center has the higher median home value ($510,800 vs $418,400 in Norton Center).

Population, income & housing

	Norton Center	Raynham Center
Population	2,526	4,871
Median age	21.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$114,051	$120,913
Median home value	$418,400	$510,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,738
Housing units	367	1,768
Homeownership rate	86.6%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norton Center	Raynham Center
Population	2,774 → 2,526 (-8.9%)	4,923 → 4,871 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$120,536 → $114,051 (-5.4%)	$99,760 → $120,913 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$341,600 → $418,400 (+22.5%)	$348,900 → $510,800 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,288 → $1,181 (-8.3%)	$1,750 → $1,738 (-0.7%)

Norton Center

Population

2,7742,526

Median household income

$120,536$114,051

Median home value

$341,600$418,400

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,181

Raynham Center

Population

4,9234,871

Median household income

$99,760$120,913

Median home value

$348,900$510,800

Median gross rent

$1,750$1,738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norton Center	Raynham Center
Under 5	3.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	2.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	59.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	8.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	3.4%	16.2%
45 to 54	7.9%	8.9%
55 to 64	8.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	4.2%	10.4%
75 and over	2.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norton Center	Raynham Center
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	69.1%
Black or African American	11.5%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	6.4%
Two or more races	1.5%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norton Center	Raynham Center
No high school diploma	11.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	23.1%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norton Center	Raynham Center
Drove alone	53.7%	77.6%
Carpooled	3.1%	6.4%
Public transit	0.6%	8.3%
Walked	23.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norton Center	Raynham Center
1-unit, detached	66.2%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	19.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	20.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Norton Center	Raynham Center
Poverty rate	13.9%	12.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1981	1974