Norwood Young America vs Watertown

A side-by-side comparison of Norwood Young America and Watertown: population, income, housing, and more.

Norwood Young America and Watertown are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Watertown has the higher population (4,747 vs 3,866 in Norwood Young America). Watertown has the higher median household income ($93,008 vs $67,857 in Norwood Young America). Watertown has the higher median home value ($315,200 vs $289,400 in Norwood Young America).

Population, income & housing

	Norwood Young America	Watertown
Population	3,866	4,747
Median age	38.5 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,857	$93,008
Median home value	$289,400	$315,200
Median gross rent	$1,032	$967
Housing units	1,444	1,877
Homeownership rate	75.9%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwood Young America	Watertown
Population	3,725 → 3,866 (+3.8%)	4,408 → 4,747 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$69,136 → $67,857 (-1.8%)	$83,542 → $93,008 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$187,800 → $289,400 (+54.1%)	$208,300 → $315,200 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $1,032 (+11.9%)	$694 → $967 (+39.3%)

Norwood Young America

Population

3,7253,866

Median household income

$69,136$67,857

Median home value

$187,800$289,400

Median gross rent

$922$1,032

Watertown

Population

4,4084,747

Median household income

$83,542$93,008

Median home value

$208,300$315,200

Median gross rent

$694$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norwood Young America	Watertown
Under 5	5.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	14.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.3%	6.3%
75 and over	12.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwood Young America	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwood Young America	Watertown
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	35.8%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwood Young America	Watertown
Drove alone	79.8%	73.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	19.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwood Young America	Watertown
1-unit, detached	60.9%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	5.5%
20 or more units	11.8%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Norwood Young America	Watertown
Poverty rate	9.6%	10.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1985	1995