Norwood vs Randolph Town

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

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

Randolph Town has the higher population (34,683 vs 31,380 in Norwood). Randolph Town has the higher median household income ($103,129 vs $97,110 in Norwood). Norwood has the higher median home value ($613,500 vs $463,500 in Randolph Town).

Population, income & housing

	Norwood	Randolph Town
Population	31,380	34,683
Median age	39.4 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$97,110	$103,129
Median home value	$613,500	$463,500
Median gross rent	$2,056	$2,049
Housing units	13,961	13,064
Homeownership rate	51.8%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwood	Randolph Town
Population	29,306 → 31,380 (+7.1%)	34,064 → 34,683 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$90,133 → $97,110 (+7.7%)	$82,510 → $103,129 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$439,300 → $613,500 (+39.7%)	$331,300 → $463,500 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,563 → $2,056 (+31.5%)	$1,507 → $2,049 (+36.0%)

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

Randolph Town

Population

34,06434,683

Median household income

$82,510$103,129

Median home value

$331,300$463,500

Median gross rent

$1,507$2,049

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norwood	Randolph Town
Under 5	6.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.3%
75 and over	9.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwood	Randolph Town
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	27.6%
Black or African American	6.7%	40.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwood	Randolph Town
No high school diploma	6.8%	12.2%
High school graduate	19.7%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwood	Randolph Town
Drove alone	63.3%	66.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.3%
Public transit	9.6%	8.8%
Walked	1.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.6%	13.6%
Other means	1.3%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwood	Randolph Town
1-unit, detached	44.5%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	20.5%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	12.4%
20 or more units	11.5%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Norwood	Randolph Town
Poverty rate	8.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1961	1967