Kingsford vs Norway

A side-by-side comparison of Kingsford and Norway: population, income, housing, and more.

Kingsford and Norway are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kingsford has the higher population (5,138 vs 2,835 in Norway). Kingsford has the higher median household income ($61,108 vs $50,025 in Norway). Kingsford has the higher median home value ($110,600 vs $87,300 in Norway).

Population, income & housing

	Kingsford	Norway
Population	5,138	2,835
Median age	40.9 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,108	$50,025
Median home value	$110,600	$87,300
Median gross rent	$861	$793
Housing units	2,290	1,290
Homeownership rate	72.2%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingsford	Norway
Population	4,992 → 5,138 (+2.9%)	2,774 → 2,835 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$43,974 → $61,108 (+39.0%)	$43,287 → $50,025 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $110,600 (+18.9%)	$86,000 → $87,300 (+1.5%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $861 (+31.9%)	$697 → $793 (+13.8%)

Kingsford

Population

4,9925,138

Median household income

$43,974$61,108

Median home value

$93,000$110,600

Median gross rent

$653$861

Norway

Population

2,7742,835

Median household income

$43,287$50,025

Median home value

$86,000$87,300

Median gross rent

$697$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingsford	Norway
Under 5	8.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	15.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	8.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	9.7%
75 and over	12.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingsford	Norway
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingsford	Norway
No high school diploma	4.4%	7.5%
High school graduate	31.2%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingsford	Norway
Drove alone	74.7%	84.2%
Carpooled	11.7%	3.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	4.9%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingsford	Norway
1-unit, detached	72.3%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	5.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Kingsford	Norway
Poverty rate	9.8%	14.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	13	16
Median year structure built	1968	1955