Franklin Town vs Norwood

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

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

Franklin Town has the higher population (33,067 vs 31,380 in Norwood). Franklin Town has the higher median household income ($142,788 vs $97,110 in Norwood). Norwood has the higher median home value ($613,500 vs $567,100 in Franklin Town).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Town	Norwood
Population	33,067	31,380
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$142,788	$97,110
Median home value	$567,100	$613,500
Median gross rent	$1,856	$2,056
Housing units	12,889	13,961
Homeownership rate	78.4%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.4%	53.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Town	Norwood
Population	33,256 → 33,067 (-0.6%)	29,306 → 31,380 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$122,607 → $142,788 (+16.5%)	$90,133 → $97,110 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$432,700 → $567,100 (+31.1%)	$439,300 → $613,500 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,378 → $1,856 (+34.7%)	$1,563 → $2,056 (+31.5%)

Franklin Town

Population

33,25633,067

Median household income

$122,607$142,788

Median home value

$432,700$567,100

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,856

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)

	Franklin Town	Norwood
Under 5	3.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	13.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.5%
75 and over	5.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Town	Norwood
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	70.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Town	Norwood
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	17.7%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Town	Norwood
Drove alone	67.2%	63.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	9.2%
Public transit	3.3%	9.6%
Walked	1.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	21.5%	14.6%
Other means	1.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Town	Norwood
1-unit, detached	62.9%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	20.5%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	16.9%
20 or more units	10.2%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Town	Norwood
Poverty rate	5.5%	8.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1985	1961