Dedham vs Norwood

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

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

Norwood has the higher population (31,380 vs 25,109 in Dedham). Dedham has the higher median household income ($124,375 vs $97,110 in Norwood). Dedham has the higher median home value ($630,400 vs $613,500 in Norwood).

Population, income & housing

	Dedham	Norwood
Population	25,109	31,380
Median age	43.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$124,375	$97,110
Median home value	$630,400	$613,500
Median gross rent	$2,058	$2,056
Housing units	10,648	13,961
Homeownership rate	72.7%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	53.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dedham	Norwood
Population	25,283 → 25,109 (-0.7%)	29,306 → 31,380 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$100,757 → $124,375 (+23.4%)	$90,133 → $97,110 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$461,200 → $630,400 (+36.7%)	$439,300 → $613,500 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $2,058 (+23.3%)	$1,563 → $2,056 (+31.5%)

Dedham

Population

25,28325,109

Median household income

$100,757$124,375

Median home value

$461,200$630,400

Median gross rent

$1,669$2,058

Norwood

Population

29,30631,380

Median household income

$90,133$97,110

Median home value

$439,300$613,500

Median gross rent

$1,563$2,056

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dedham	Norwood
Under 5	5.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	16.8%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.5%
75 and over	9.7%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dedham	Norwood
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	70.2%
Black or African American	4.8%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dedham	Norwood
No high school diploma	5.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	20.4%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dedham	Norwood
Drove alone	65.2%	63.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.2%
Public transit	5.4%	9.6%
Walked	2.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	18.6%	14.6%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dedham	Norwood
1-unit, detached	64.7%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	20.5%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	16.9%
20 or more units	13.3%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Dedham	Norwood
Poverty rate	4.6%	8.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1955	1961